Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-04-11
Rv Margery Rex.

civ witnesses oni
a 3ha give Nations!"
#aTiye T Nations, as the ado Iaro
cd Troouois tribe is known once
'a 81 America, from the Allan
4 to the Pacific in a state OF Ter
"a tic desire to free himself
-, ~ marital bonds James H. still
~ :, president of the National
:, hank, has openly accused his
H. "Fifi' Potter Stillman' OF
tiny an indian lover and has
I n, arged her son Guy with illegiti-
lacy. a., oborges the
4 nyer is said to have brought
IN the North woods a half dozen
sdians who are expected to swear
'Eay his wife's honor
T5a Troouois or the Five Ma
In - made up of the Mohawk,
heida, Onondaga, Cayuga and
pneca tribes, once roamed about
nrtb America, bold marauders,
syrorfzing other tribes and races.
E"We of the long house and
Bel people" are translations OF
bdiaa phrases that expressed the
s;ba,s opinion of itself. Known
4 a naughty and imperious peo-
IL tbe lroQuois, when they ruled
other nation, settled all domes-
"A difficulties and were anxious
4 have a state of transquality
naintained.
Il Hiawatha sang:
m the thickets and the meadows
piped the bIuebird, the owaiSs%'
And James II. ~.illmar, retro
.blitan banker, will seek to prove
Nal his wife, in company with
tred Beauvais, guide of TIE W@ias'
|suDd the bluebird Of happiness IN
nose woods where hide the heron,
|be wild goose and the loon.
Fleared the tangled pathaway FOR
4 her
,ent aside the swinging branch
es-"
sonbisticated residents Of the
tprtb, whore Mrs. Stillman pass
d periods Of rest and recreation,
eclare there is nothing unusual
bout a woman accepting the COM
hny and protection of a guide
Trough the Businesses of their
brests.
|And the travelling winds went
with them
fer the meadow, through the
forest"
But what story will the pro-
stillman witnesses relate, what
pinions will those simple and per
i aaps, therefore. unduly suspicious
Halfbreeds tell?
Here and there in the song of
Hiawatha is a note of philosophy
Beautifully expressed.
From the sky the sun benignant
booked upon them through the
branches,
Saying to them, % my children,
love is sunshine, hate is shadow,
life is checkered shade and sun
shine;
Rule by love, O Hiawatha!"
While Mrs. Stillman was seek
Ing rest in the quiet places, Still
pan, it is alleged, sought love"
p the cities. And he set about by
|egal means to free himself while
pill living, in another home than
|he usual Stillman residence, un-
Ter the name of "Franklyn Leeds"
DAY is restless, night is quiet.
Nan imperious, woman feeble"
VIII Mrs. Stillman be feeble in
llghtlng money and power? Can
me descendant of imperious saw
lges swear away her right to her
yood name and her child's right to
hherlt millions from the banker! !
beauvais, the guide, denies the
,harges. He follows our ideal of
ielendlng women. He would pro-.
'ect Mrs. Stillman. In that decis-
on' whether guilty or not, he is to
'e commended. At least, he real
LeS That the mother of children
'nouId be protected, if not only for
ler own sake, then out of consid
= a'loh toward her innocent chill
= = en' VINO are unable to ward off
disaster.
me ulVorce suits of the banker
!, -Hu MS Vile together make enc of
.ue most startling stories Of many
ears. Accusations, attemuts to
-Olu love both by Mrs. Stillman
y MIS- Leeds" the live lived by
!. .Teas' the appealing innocence
|. naoy Guy-they make an ever
'pleaaing quadrangle of entangled
I'VE and Passions.
Even after Mrs. StilIman sus-
~ .ecled her husbands attention n
- --is Leeds she tried to win back
IL ,i1, 1--WE was willing to forgive
,i-e ,i-l. one desired to have him from
r- seil, It is said. But Stillman
,ai I@s lALuriated at her plan for so
,ra s' and he would like now to
~ that his repudiated wife
-. sought consolation With