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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26
.RGES AND CONTEMPORARIES IN QUAD
gle FORMED BY NEW YORK BANKER, HIS
&, CHORUS GIRL AND CANADIAN GUIDE

tors. Fiji" sullman was still a favor
lite in society.
Episode
Eight years later. in 1915, ii was
generally known that young Jim"
Stillman spent much of his time at
his clubs. Old newspaper clippings
limited that a rift had come between
him and his talented wife. There
were no denials. only "refusals to
talk" In 1916. Jim" Stiilman met
Florence Helene Leeds OF the
Chicken chorus.
She was called along Broadway;
1.-THE girl with the violet eyes" and
she appeared nightly in The Century
Girl" New York's largest feminine
spectacle. He father was an East Side
plumber. poor but highly respectable.
A song writer, discovering" that
Flo" could dance "divinely," intro
Queer her to the Century manage
ment.
A year later, say the papers.
Florence became weary of The Cen
tury Girl and of chorus life in gener-
al. She told friends the show was not
going well: that she still retained but
a minor part.
For q time she attended rehearsals,
and then suddenly she appeared at the
theater in a Rolls Royce, CARRIED in
pure mink, and said to friends that
she was flirting with straight tips on
the curb market and making heaps
OF money So she resigned
Episode
In August, 1917. Mrs. Stillman en-
gagged f. Beauvais. French Canadian
half-breed and guide. to teach her
.1.sN mn fyrx
sons then. James and Alexander.
Beauvais, well educated, handsome.
young and noted, came to New York
from Three Rivers, Canada, and went
to the Stillman estate at Pocantico
Hills.
The papers say that Beauvais knew
the Stillman family well and was well
coined, for he had been a guide at
their luxurious Canadian camp.
ut was there, in the Canadian
wilds." continue the husbands
charges. that Beauvais won the love
of Mrs. Stillman.
In Stillman's complaint, he adds
this: For three years the init
macy continued despite my attempts
to stop it. despite my refusal to con-
done, legally or otherwise. man
aged to get Beauvais of my estate at
Pocantico Hills, and I barred him
from my camp at Three Rivers
Beauvais secured a job at a sport
ing outfit house in New York.
Episode 4.
The court papers continue that
MIR. and Mrs. Leeds were well known
by sight to many of the tenants in
the apartment house at 81 East S6th
street during January. 1915"
Mrs. Leeds was, of course. Flor
ence of the Century chorus, and
Leeds. according to Frank Ivens'
affidavit. and that of Sophie Erick-
son, a maid. was James A. Stiilman,
Jr., vice president and director of
the National City Bank.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26

communication was r. co TINS
<rning by Mayor o. F. L from
kretary J. II. Biackwood the
znnipcg. Canada, park cot ssloh
DO H. seeking information coll
4 the local park system. SimsSr
hers are being sent. he explained
20 cities I'm all parts OF the globe
connection with n plan for the
|pansion OF the Winnipeg system.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26
Episode 6.
AWAIT DIVORCE PAPERS
County in Which Documents OF. Still
q man Case will BE Filed Is Ex-
tremcly Problematical.

White Plains. N. Y, March 90
When and where public access will
be given papers presented by both
sides in the divorce action of James
A. Stillman, president of the National
City Bank of New York against the
former Fiji Potter became more
beclouded today when a shift in SUI
plans for fling his decision on ali
11ft1nced. , So
= E.. Long OF counsel for Mr..
Justice would give
- h the court
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26
SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC.

Jack Curley, leader of the Lyceums
theater orchestra, has arranged a SER
les of special Easter selections to be
played at the Lyceum theater tomor-
row evening in conjunction with the
photoplay bill. The orchestra ilaA.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26
Deaths and Funerals.
Mrs. Nellie Watts.

Mrs. Nellie Watts. aged So years,
died this morning at the New Britain
General hospital. She had been an
inmate of the institution for the past
two weeks, and she appeared to be
improving. A sudden attack of heart
failure brought about her end this
morning. She was employed for the
past 10 years as cook in the homo.
of Mr. and Mrs. Hov.lort. r.. 4&E<T5n<X/
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26

80 Curtis stree
ter, Mrs. NJ.
N. Y, and six
rangements "a
complete. A
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26
YACATE TWO STATIONS

New Haven Road Discontinues Freight
Service At East Hartford and Also
in Burnside.
Hartford. March 26.-The New
Haven road has discontinued the
serices of its freight agents in East
Hartford and Burnside. The stations
1Gft In charge of watchmen.
~ rost. Hartford freight
= that the stations
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-03-26

Leeds" sworn to officially as the
son of Harold and Florence Leeds.
was born in the East seth, street
apartment. DR.. James Ogilivie, noted
sergeon, signed the birth certificate
although he added the note that he
was not the attending physician.
Exactly two months later at the
Stillman home, Fiji" Potter Stillman
gave birth to Guy Stillman. The
birth certificate said that Anne Urqu-,
hart and James Alexander Stillman
were it's parents.
Episode 6. &:
Winter came and passed, and 1919
found Stillman engaged in q bank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Financial Trading Did Not Keep Step With the World the Past Week
By Associated Press

New York, October 15.-The finan- cial markets this week failed to keep step with the further improve as steel, iron. copper. textiles and oils. Dealings in stocks were more evidently of professional origin and the demand for bonds slackened.
 A very considerable proportion of the daily turnover in stocks consisted of minor domestic oils, whose ir- regular movements towards higher levels resulted chiefly from suc- cessive advances in prices of crude and refined products
 Steels, equipments and other issues of like description were hesitant when not heavy or react!onary. The September statement of the tonnage in more than a year. seemed to DC neutralized by the unfavorable quar- terly report of Lackawanna Steel Motors, tobaccos, rubbers and feathers owed their sluggish ten 6encies to trade conditions. these suggesting a halt in the recent re- vival of those industries. Sugars suffered additional severe deprecia- ton for more or less patent reasons. Heaviness among rails which later verged actual weakness, was accent uated by threatened labor troubles arising from another proposed cut in wages. Mediation by federal author ities. it was believed. would prevent crisis.
 The September foreign trade re- port in which both import and ex- port disclosed falling off of about 50 per sent in comparison with the same month of 1920. merely con- firmed forecasts of informed observ- CTS, despite the increasing outflow of cotton and grains.
 Although the reserves now held by federal banks are larger than at any time in the past seven years. money rates held relative firm. Crop moving requirements and extensive payments to the federal government contributed mainly to this condition. Further collapse of the German mark to an unprecedented low level and concurrent demoralization of re- mittances to central and eastern Eu- rope, including Italy, were the dis quieting lecturers of the foreign ex- changes. Sterling rallied buoyantly, however. regardless of the more 1 ominous aspects of the British indus 1 trial and labor situation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
By Associated Press

New York, October 15.--Rocket, ra- dio or camera-which will be first to lay bare tho secret of Mars?
 Of course, 1t isn't at all certain that any one of the three will prove 8 successful Sherlock Holmes of the skies, but scientists. lured on by an age-old curiosity concerning our neighboring planet are pressing along all three paths.
 The latest development to set the scientific world again agog over the old question of whether there was life on Mars was tho announcement from Paris of B. McAfee American scientist, and Prof David Todd, American astronomer, that they pur- posed 10 snap-shoot the planet by using an abandoned mine shaft in Chile as the barrel for q telescope. < Only a short time before Signor Marconi of wireless fame had put a kick of interest in the most fan tastic Of scientific inquiries by aug- gesting that a radio signal of 50,- 900 meters which he had picked up might have come from some Martian armed with mammoth sending set.
 May Shoot MarS.
 But it was left to Prof. Robert H. Goddark of Clark college in Worces- ter, Mass, to suggest making an in- vestigation of the moon by means of a mutiple-charge, high rocket, capable of carrying cameras or other recording apparatus needed to explore the unknown regions of the upper air, As the claim was made that rocket could be constructed of unlimited cruising power, it has been suggested that 1t might be shot up to Mars instead of the moon. which many scientists affirm is uninhabited. One or two daring individuals even have volunteered to be shot up in place of a camera,
 The possibility that some folk might be wandering up and iown the valleys of Mars has excited the curiosity of astronomers and laymen throughout all the ages. for Mars is the nearest planet to the earth and the easiest to observe
 Imaginative writers took their readers on trips to the moon and laid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
RALLY AT WILLIAM PROVES
 VERY ENTHUSIASTIC

A well attended and enthusiastic political rally was held in Vivian last night, at which John W. Altman and several candidates for city com missioner were the speakers Mr Altman spoke in the interest of W. l.. Harrlson's candidacy, and declared that the opponents of MT. Harrison had in the eleventh hour resorted to misrepresentation and abuse in the efforts to beat the man who had led the ticket in the election last Mon day. MT. Altman made answer to the crisimsm and ended by declaring that when the vote was counted Monday Mir Harrison would be found not only still in the lead, but by an increased majority.
 Mrs. Mary Echols was called upon and made e brief talk, in which she outlined her platform, which she stated was to give the best and most faithful service she knew how to advance the moral, economic and so- cial welfare of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
ODD FELLOWS IN
 FOR BEST YEAR.
Whole Organization Reports Growth of Over 300,-
 900 Members

C. .. Jacobs, grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has been in south and central Ala bama the past week, where he has been attending conventions and lodge meetings and was very much pleased with the conditions of the various lodges from which he re- ceived direct reports through the representatives at the conventions.
 The October letter of the grand master has been received by all the lodges and responses have been re- ceived from quite number, in which the lodges pledge to get their quota of candidates for this grand lodge year that was assigned the lodge by the grand master
 one of the inspirations to tbe membership in their work for new members Is the fact that S of each initiation fee and g of each rein statement fee will go to the Alabama. odd Fellow home at Cullman. This i4a g. cause that Is very dear to the hearts of the entire membership and an appeal made In the interest of the home will always have ready re- sponse.
 The board of trustees of the home
 
 day, November T. at which 1t Is ex- pected to have the deputy grand mas ter, grand secretary and grand war den i'll addition to the grand master and trustees. It is also planned to have a special meeting of Culiman Lodge No. S4. I. o. o. F., and have all the lodges in the county to be rep resented at this meeting.
 Other dates of the grand master in- clude Massey lodge No. 98, Saturday night October IS; Carbon Hill lodge No. 123. Friday night. October 21, and Wfldey lodge, No. sS, at Warrior, Saturday night, october 29. At these meetings degrees will be conferred on classes of candidates, the one at Carbon Hill being class of over 30 candidates.
 The year of 1920 was the greatest year in the history of odd Fellow ship Every jurisdiction in the world made a gain in membership except one. the net gains in the order for the year being nearly S00.000; gains were made In some of the 5urisdic- tions in this country as high as 15,0oo and reports for this year as far as availa ble, indicate greater gain during the year of 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Cotton Goods and
 Yarn Traders Had
 Rather Quiet Week
By Associated Press

New York. October 15.-Business
 In cottcn goods and yarns has been
 Quieter. The mills are comfortably
 sold ahead and have orders in hand
 to maintain the present ratio of out
 put until well toward the end of the year, if nothing further develops.
 Additional progress has been made
 in revising prices upward to parity with higher cost of cotton. Wide sheetings, brown goods, print cloths and convertibles generally arc priced on the higher levels. but new orders
 at the top prices have been meagre. The jobbers are advancing prices
 more slowly than selling agents for
 mills, the latter being impelled by
 the necessity for making a price
 basis on which manufacturers will accept contracts. Retailers are sell ing many staple cotton goods at the lowest prices of the year and are finding business less active than
 when the first downward revisions in cotton goods prices were made. Denims have been ordered ahead to the end of the year in the largest
 mills, and some of the wide sheet Ing mills nave OTuerS that WILL carry into next year
 There Is still substantial volume
 of cotton goods going from mills to distributors, and the manufacturing
 trades at prices very slightly ad-
 vanced from the low points of the year. Bleached cotton are selling slowly. Percale and print prices have not beeh changed by selling agents thus far. There has been a better
 movement in fall lines of mapped goods, blankets and comfortables.
 Stocks in first hand in clean, combed yarns are higher and firm
 Trade in duck and tire fabrics con tinues of moderate volume. Current first hand prices are as follows: Print cloths. 2s-inch. 64xe4s, 7c; 64y | eos. 6&c; 3S1a- inch 64x64s, sAc; brown sheets, southern standards.
 l4c; tickings. s-ounce, 2Sc; denims, 22os. southern indtgos. isMc; prints,
 lie; staple ginghams, 14isc; dress | ginghams, 20022iac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Balfd .........s.... .-..... Narnedoe
 Quarter LinddmoOd ........... ...s.ss. MOTHS
 Left Half Corghlan .,............... Stephens
 Right Half oaleflee ...-....- .....s.ssss Garf
 Full Back
 stitutions-Sewanee Harris for Baird. Council for Lindamood, Payne for Coughlan, Guerry for Satter1ee. Oglethorpe: Jacobs for Roberts, Paris for Parr. Haflee for David. Vickers for Paris. Roberts, for Baetenfeld. Officials: /McCanister, (Tenn.), referee; Bagley. (W. and L.), umpire; Pritchett, (Tenn), headlinesman. Score by quarters; oe"ahee ...-...'.....-'1t U 0 oglethorpe .......... o o Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
KILBY STILL ILL
Executive Will Take Up Duties
 Again Tomorrow, However

Montgomery, October f5.-(Special.) ) Governor Kilby. who has been indis- away from the capitol Saturday, bat the executive department expressed the opinion that he will be able to take up his duties again Monday. The executive was seized with violent hic- coughing early In the week, which has continued to trouble him. It has not been regarded as serious, how ever. as he has had the same trouble throughout his life. When a boy he hlccoughed for 50 hours. but suf- fered no permanent i'll effects from 1t Physicians said the trouble evi- dently resulted from indigestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
DEKALB DAPTIsTS MEET

Fort Payne, Uctober 10.-ISpecial.) A very Interesting session of the De- Kalb County Baptist association was held in the Baptist church in Fort Payne this week and was largely at tended by delegates from all of the churches of the county. Discussions of interest to the work of the church were heard at every session. Fort Payne was host to the visitors, who were entertained in various homes throughout the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
CREENvILLE WOMAN BURIED

Greenville, October 15.-(Special) The funeral services of Mrs. Emma Jones were conducted at Damascus church, eight miles east of Green vile, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Jones died at her home here on Hickory street Thursday night, after long illness. She was an earnest Chris tian character who will be greatly missed. She was member of the Baptist church and was faithful to her religious duties. The deceased is survived by two sons. Henry Jones and Claude Jones. both of Greenvillc. besides large family connection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
 TO BUILD SIDEWAL

Fort Payne. October b. Especially Contract has been let by the city council for the new sidewalks. curbs ant gutters to be constructed in Fort Payne and work Will begin at an early date. Several miles of the sidewalks will be constructed in She residence section
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

ton, Jointly ............ 25o J. W. Porter ..... ........... 10 Morris Adler 6 Go. ...... 800 F. R. Kelly ............... 5 O. W. Underwood ........ 100 R. s. Munger .......... 200 Leo K. Steiner ........ 250 W. M. Cosby Flour and Grain
 company .............. 100 W. M. Cosby ........... 30 Monro-Warrior Coal and Coke
 company .................. 100 Montgomery Coal Washing and
 Manufacturing company, Inc. 50 Southern Bell T. and T. Co.,. 100 Wheeler Business College .. 90 Postal Telegraph Cable Coz. 100 Hood & Wheeler Furniture Go. 100 Empire Coal company ...... e50 Susie M. Carter .......... 50
 4OIdl 1.4ZB
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
SEMLCENTENN|AL
 FUND NOW $47,425

Additional subscriptions received for the semi-centennial fund, an- nounced yesterday by Erskine Ram say, chairman of the finance. commit tee, made the total of $47425. Checks are still being received at headquar- ters daily, and many for small amounts of $1O to s25 are now com- ing in. A large rebate is already as- sured for all contributors regardless of the returns from the income bear ing features of the celebration, and it is anticipated that many more cheeks will come In before the books close next week.
 Additional subscriptions announced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Previously reported ..........s44,ss Charles T. Lehman ........ 1t0 Sarah A. Phelan ....... 25 D. and II. Rich ............ 100 ". B. Leedy Real Estate ana
 Insurance company ... 90 Adamson Motor company .. 25 L. M. Robertson and r. A. Rob-
 ertson, jointly ...........s 50 A. H. Olive 10 w. c. Bonham ............. 10 w. r. Willett ................ 10 J. V. Arnold ............ 10 c. E. Mason ................ 10 E. G. Chandler ........... 25 s. B. Murray .... ........ 10 W. A. Currie ....-....... 10 Endicott-Johnson Shoe Coz. 50 W. J. Rushton and J. F. Rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Meal and FesSstuff
 Mixed horse feed. $40; old stoyie hulls slB: No. corn, sOc; corn chops. $1.S0; No. white oats, 6sc; shorts. $Ss; bran, $zy; U. $. meal. pet. $44; hen feed. lvO lbs. $2.z5; timothy. $34; choice pea green alfalfa, ya6. Johnson hay. e2e; whe~ etraw SZ6 ton.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-03
-.s..tS-sS-'5-'zsssz- s.3s-S'.zss$s
COMMUNICATIONS

From u northern teacher in reply
TO the Tourists letter which appear.
ed in q recent issue of the News.
Editor Daytona Daily News.
Dear sir
| read with a good deal of pleasure
the article by Tourist in one of your
issue last week. regarding the Com
pulsory School Laws. compelling all
children between the ages OF and 1e
to attend school, and asking il IA child
Ii or Is years old should marry, does
that invalidate the law?
am anxiously writing for your an
swer TO Tourist who surely gave
some good common sence advice re-
garding love affairs with young boys
and girls We teachers win know the
results that these foolish love affairs
have ON the children and how 1t him
ders them in their work, and prevents
them from graduating when they
should
The teachers are not To blame for
this, but the parents are. You cannot
expect pupils to advance while boys
are furnished with automobiles to go
10 and from school, who stop at the
homes of young girls morning and
afternoon. day after day and week
after week and take them back home
anu sometimes it is a long way
round" to reach home, and expect
either of them to apply themselves e
their lessons as they should or as
/ they would. did they not have ease
! on hand. II makes the teacher rebel
ious to see such things going on and
! To be unable to prevent il, We know
! the results only too we'll We also
! know of many mother who has sui
fered heart aches and who has had
many a sleepless night, because of tbs
! leniency She has shown her daugh
/ ers, and when they come to us witt
/ their troubles, "Oh, he was such ;
/ TO say, I told you So but let me bs
| caution you against a repetition o.
I the same thing with your youngeI
daughter, for there is great danger o
It. they seeing their older brother,
and sisters errors.
! | cannot understand why greater
publicity has not been given the Mon
day evening lectures by Mrs. r. 7
Gotham. IL the University of Flord;
can afford to send out such an unus
ualiy fine and forceful speaker as sh,
is. it appears 10 me they should q
a little farther and advertise it in tn,
News, and if the University of Florid;
does not do it. then the Palmetto clul
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-03
ALICE IN PRICELAND

-afional Industrial Conference
Board reports that in four months
there has been drop OF Sc per cent
in the average prices OF a number of
smportant food and clothing articles.
Looking back six months the aver
age householder feels like an Alice
coming out OF a Wonderland of High
Prices. He wonders how he got in so
deep that he thought he never, never
would get out.
Aud what a terribly thrilling. inter-
esting time We all had in the woods,
as Alice would have said. There was
that ravenous old monster Greed boss
ing the forest and with his magic
wand causing the Sugar Trees and the
Shoe Trees and the Clothes Trees and
the Rent Trees to grow up into the
clouds. over night.
But he made them grow too high, so
that folks Just quit trying to reach
their branches and stood at the bot
tom of the trees waiting for the fruit
10 drop There being no profit in that
sort of thing. the magical monster
undertook to make the trees grow
back to their old levels. He was UNI
able to make them come down as
quickly as they had gone up, but from
day to day the trees are shrinking
And yet so startling are some of the
price changes that already have oc
CURED that any 10-year-old boy car
reininisce Interestingly, like an old in
babitant.
Well" he says, with the retro
spective gaze of grandfather, Il kir
remember when sugar was 80 cents Z
poundl And sometimes there wa:
none 10 be got anywhere. And my mi
used to send me around to all the gro
ceries lookin' for sonnet"
At least there was always some
thing to talk about besides the wealth
ca in those old high-price days.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-03
We VINE GOSSIP
Registered o. ;. Patent Once


DEAR X wonder why God gives ore ran : ~
deu wire VINO though she F~a
live posery sahas AansaS y
III che on d can?
And 10 some wealthy man wonderfully
an everything hopes fle gives cold stone heart
unust2 Why DOES ne sepa . ne
sHAe he1Ai
are gets naggng unappecative wife, " = =