The New York herald., 1921-05-27
STILLMAN RENEWS
EFFORTS AT PEACE
Willing to Reduce Wife's
Exile to a Couple of Years
in Fresh Offers.
YIELDS TO PRESSURE
Financial Interests In
vOlved With His Own Seek
to Stop Fight.
SETTLEMENT is NEARER
Movie Project and Writing Of
Life May Be Given Up
by Other Side.
SETTLEMENT IS NEARER

James A. Stillman made vain en-
deavor to reopen armistice negotia-
tions with his wife yesterday. Through
his lawyers he informed John b.
Stanchfield, Mrs. Stillman's chief Of
counsel that he was ready to modify
his stand upon the one point that has
frustrated former efforts to relieve the
courts of the famous divorce action
He declared that he wouldsnot insist
that his wife leave America for five
years after he withdrew his complaint,
retracted his charges and acknowl-
edged the parentage of Guy Stillman.
His lawyers told Mr.. Stanchfield that
Mr.. Stillman would be just as well
satisfied If she would leave America
for two years or even one year,. 1t is
not known just what Mrs. Stillmans
reply was, but from a trustworthy
source 1t was learned that she said in
effect:
Il have nothing to arbitrate. I pro-
pose going ahead If my husband insists.
But I'm not going out Of the country
unless | feel SO inclined. And L do not
feel so disposed just now. At any rate
] shall not go as condition of my hus-
bands dropping his suit. He might as
well understand that clearly. That's
final"
At the same time Mr.. Stanchfield and
John A. Carver. the lawyer who was
injected into the case by the financial
interests with which Mr.. Stillman Is
identified, with the hope that he coula
spl - kav, Int III c,tft
were in conference and had been at
times for forty-eight hours. They were
negotiating terms of peace but laborns
under the handicap that Mrs. Stillman
declined to be a party to anything sug-
gestive Of negotiations.
One of her representatives set forth.
her attitude thus:
"She Is willing to settle this suit out
of court She will agree to abandon her
plans for going into the movies. She
will agree to forsake writing her life
stoy, for which publishers are now ne
gotiating. But 1t Is necessary that her
husband settle reasonable income
upon her. He must be generous. She
insists that her children and herself be
well provided for"
Mrs. Stillman demands $50, 900 a year
If the settlement Is made outside Of
court 1t is pretty certain that the figure
will be nearer $4,000. Referee Gleason
said that he had not been asked to post
pone the hearing. But from a source
that has proven itself very reliable 1t
was learned that the chances that an
other adjournment will be asked for are
exceedingly bright. And the same au-
thority said that IL there was another
adjournment total surrender by Mr..
Stillman would quickly follow. All per-
sons interested In the proceedings ac-
knowledged last night that only the exile
clause in Mr.. Stillman's peace terms re-
mained.
And II he'll reduce this one demand
from Ave to two years" said one law
yer, hell go the full route. The press
ure upon him has been too great for
him to resist.
The report that a motion picture
contract has been offered to Mrs. Anne
u. Stillman was investigated last night
by William A. Brady, president or the
National Association Of the Motion
Picture Industry. at meeting of the
association at Delmonico's, and 1t was
announced by him that no offer had
been made to her by any of the MEM
bers The association is said to repre-
sent 95 per cent. of the motion picture
producers OF this country.
After making his announcement to
reporters Mr.. Brady called the assist
ant manager Of the film producing COM
pany which has been named as the one
which made the reported offer. He
denied that his companN had approached
Mrs. Stillman with an offer.