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met again. Mrs. Stillman. the story
says. said:
James A, if you will go abroad
with me and meet DR.. Baynes and
give him a chance to pull YOU apart
and put you together again, III 20
with you. You are fine underneath.
Let DR.. Baynes make you the man
YOU really want to be-
This meeting was just two days be-
fore Christmas, the American says.
They agreed to meet in Montreal near
Mrs. Stillman'S home at Grand AnSe
and this time Mr.. Stillman told his
wife that he would go abroad. Il Will
go abroad and put myself in the hands
of DR.. Baynes," the American quotes
him as saying. eff he can reconstruct
my outlook. do for me what he did
for you, 1 shall bless you both all my
life"
Will Stay With Daughter.
Meanwhile Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman
will stay in Paris, where they will
meet Mr. and Mrs. Henry p. Dawson.
The latter is Anne Stillman. their
daughter, at whose marriage on Octo-
Der IS, 1924, the estranged IA
Their and mother saw each other for
the first time after the hectic days of
their divorce fight.
Last night, as they sat at dinner be-
fore they sailed, Mrs. Stillman, wear
ing the brilliant yellow bandana kerr
chief on her head that she has taken
a fancy to since her life in the Cana
dian woods, said
I'VE are doing this because Alex and
his brothers Guy and Bud and his sis
ter Anne are such fine scouts. We eve
our children SO much, Jimmy and ].
We formed corporation 20 years
ago. and our children, Alex here and
the rest. are preferred stockholders.
Mrs. Stillman. the American says,
has promised to do everything in her
power to aid her husband to rehabili.
tate himself in the world of finance
and society.
Jimmy is growing the American
quotes her as saying recently to Il
friend. He is no longer James A.
Stillman. the great banker. the great
institution. He has become human. l
like him as / haven't liked him for
years. I've an idea he really wants TO
rebuild his life; perhaps I ought to
put on the harness again and travel
double"'
Pair Married in 1901.
Anne Urquhart Potter, brilliant
society girl, and James A. Stillman,
young banker, were married in 1901
and had four children, when in 1921
their romance crumbled in the di-
vorce court.
Mr.. Stillman. then president of the
National City Bank and a power in
the financial world, charged his wife
with infidelity and denied the pater-
nifty of her youngest child, Guy, then
an infant. Fred Beauvais. a Cana
dian Indian guide, who had taught
woodcraft to the older Stillman chill
dren, was named correspondent.
Mrs. Stillman in turn charged her
husband with improper relations
with Florence Leeds, chorus girl.
and asserted that he was the father
of a son born to the latter.
The hearings opened in April, 1922.
Five months later a referee found
that Guy was the legitimate son of
the banker and that no allegations
of infdelity had been proved against
Mrs. Stillman. Mr.. Stillman, the
referee found. had been guilty, as
his wife charged. Stillman lost an
A confession letter. figured in
Sti1lman's evidence.
Early this Winter it developed that
Mr.. Stillman had started a divorce
suit
II was learned lldt MI 'otiiiliidli
personally visited the passport bu-
reau here last Monday and had his
standing passport amended to include
his wife. Before the passport could
properly be amended, it was learned.
a photograph of Mrs. Stillman and
an affidavit from her were necessary.
These were said to have been supplied
the following day by Mr.. Stillman's
secretary.
At the offices of the British consul
generals records showed that during
the past year no passports carrying
the names of either of the Stillmans
or of Ben Smith or Henrietta Fuller
had been vised A wise is official for
a year. although passport may be
valid for two years. To land on Eng
lish soil it would be necessary for the
Stillmans. if aboard the boat, to have
carrying a British wise.
White Star officials wirelessed Capt.
William Marshall, commander of the
Olympic. requesting him to determine
whether Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman were
aboard.