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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

wife's Reno broadside. He went down without
firing single shot in self-defense, letting her
suit and the custody of their child go by de-
fault, in the tradition of gallant husbands the
world over.
Mrs. Stedman, however, was not impressed.
After three years as the captains wife, she
seems to have become fed up the whole
idea of gallantry so much so. indeed, that she
stove him in with vehemence that startled
even blase Reno.
The divorce capital has very strict code
of etiquette for disgruntled spouses. It's
based on the proposition that appearances
must be preserved at all costs.
This means that the hearings should be
held behind closed doors and that the real,
possibly ugly causes Of the conflict should be
dressed up in white tie and tails. In other
words, they should be presented under some
such mild heading as cruelty" or, even better,
mental cruelty"
A typical example of the latter is wanting
to stay home and read a book when your
husband or wife wants to go out and dance.
But, as may have been gathered from the
excerpts Of her testimony, Mrs. Stedman didn't
charge mental cruelty or anything like 1t.
She charged inidelity word seldom men
toned above whisper in Nevada 49, and in
addition, she charged it right out in open
court
of which it has quite a few.
What the meaning Of such a breach
of etiquette? What did the woman come to
Reno for If she wanted to act that way? Why
didn't she just stay home and get a vulgar
New York divorce?
Mrs. Stedman as it happens, has supplied
the answer to some of these questions Ami
mated by the spirit that makes people assign
their bodies to the medical profession for post
norton examination, she wants her expert
ence TO stand before the wives OF America as
q dreadful object lesson.
This has been ordeal to me-" she said
after the trial, but If my story will protect
the well-being of other wives and their daugh-
ters when they travel on ships, 1t will be
worth tt.
in my opinion, the rules should be tight
ened 10 keep the captain running the ship,
and that's ALL"
Well. whatever her particular captain may
may not have done in the past. there's
little doubt about the immediate future.
He's in the Navy now
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

Ann. now two years old, My daughters -tby
Colonel Schick) Virginia and Barbara,
IA and 16 then. But he wasn't even in New
York when the baby was born, never went TO
see the doctor to talk to him about my condi-
ton before the baby was born, and afterwards
he seemed to take no interest in her.
"Once asked him why he wanted baby.
He answered Just to satisfy my vanity One
time he deliberately put hot spoon on the
babys arm. He said he just wanted to see
what she would do and he liked to hear
her cry"
While the charges of his steward and his
wife would seem to make the captain out
either over or under-gallant in private life,
his public behavior has always struck happy
medium between the two.
Emergencies that might make another
man fail call out the best in him. For in
stance, there was that tumultuous day in the
mid-Atantic back in 1925 when the President
Harding of which he was then chief officer,
steamed to the rescue of the Italian freighter,
Ignazio Florio, beaten down and sinking
1t was Stedman who stepped to one of the
lifeboats and called for volunteer crew.
Lowered into the turmoil, they fought for an
hour at the oars before they came alongside
the doomed vessel. Every man jack of the
distressed crew was saved.
Two years later. westbound after being
honored by Italy for the job he had done on
the Ignazio Florio, Stedman in command of
the American Merchant heard the SOS of
the British freighter Exeter City. Alter
ing his course forthwith, he brought his craft
alongside the sinking vessel which by that
time had lost her captain, third officer and
two seamen to the fury of the storm.
The seas were mountainous, the wind
shrieking at hurricane force No possibility
existed of the survival Of small boat under
such conditions. So Stedman devised brand
new rescue method.
First he Unanswered his ship sufficiently
close to admit of a line being shot aboard the
freighter and then an empty lifeboat on a
trolley arrangement, was hauled TO the
freighters side loaded with men, hauled back,
and so on until the crew was all saved
The fame which this feat won him was
enhanced six years later when, as master of
United States Lines steamship, Washington,
he rescued SO more British seamen. adrift in
lifeboats following the torpedoing of their
vessel the freghter Olivegrove.
Conspicuous gallantry in action" was the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Capt. Giles G.. Stedman,
a Hero to the World But
Not to His Valet
Steward, Or His Wife.


one tray so nobody would see that had break
fast for two
Il returned with breakfast. Mrs. AS
evening dress, shoes and stockings were lying
around the bedroom. The captain ordered
me to take them down to Mrs AS stateroom.
l did so and brought back some day clothes.
He warned me not to be seen by any other
stewards or stewardesses.
This occurred six, seven or eight nights
on that trip from New York to Los Angeles"
And what Of the return trip?
According to Rieth it was a retake Of the
first, with drinks in the captains quarters,
scattered feminine apparel, the job of re-
trievng, all the same except for one small
detail. This time it was Mrs. b instead of
Mrs. A.
And on the Americas last trip under nom
military ownership-before being taken over
by the Navy as a troop transport, with Sted-
man still in commando was still the same,
only then it was Miss X, the steward testified
After embellishing his testimony with some
of the seamiest tidbits that have been dished
up in a divorce court for some time, Rieth
concluded by saying:
Such things happened on every voyage
since the captains marriage"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

Mrs. Stedman, formerly the wealthy widow
of Jacob Schick, inventor of an electric razor
then was summoned TO the stand.
The official picture the world has long
had Of Captain Stedman is of the gallant
mariner, commanding from the bridge Rieth
supplied an alleged view of the same man. at
case in his own quarters; and Mrs. Stedman
rounded out with still another alleged view
Of the gallant mariner as husband.
From the time of our marriage in 1885,"
parties at our Fifth Avenue apartment. He
seemed unduly well-acquainted with most of
the women. and at first explained it by saying
that on account of being ships captain he
had to be nice to them.
"At the parties there were his women
friends and my women friends l saw him
kiss various ones.
ION one occasion he and lady visitor
disappeared into a room at our apartment
and were gone Is to 80 minutes. As walked
down the hall, 1 glanced in a mirrored door
and in it l saw the captain kissing her. To
this day he doesn't know / saw him.
After we had been married three months
I was very unhappy. I decided to speak to
him about it,
You took me for better or for worse and
you'll have to take me as / am he replied
AT his insistence and despite my age and
the risk involved had a baby (Jacqueline
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

ladies figured prominently in the testimony as
Mrs. A. Mrs. B. and Miss X"
When taking an ocean trip it is always
desirable to sit at the captains table because
you get better service there than anywhere
else. On the first voyage of the u. S. Lines
flagship, the America to California in Janu-
airy, 1871, Mrs. A, Rieth testified, secured
one Of these much sought-after places and
as a result got some truly remarkable service.
After dinner" quoth the witness "the
captain said to me, L want you to see Mrs. A,
give her my compliments and ask her If she
will be kind enough to come to my quarters
and have cordials with me-
81 did as told and brought her alone to
the captains quarters which consist of an
office, bedroom, bathroom and pantry"
"And what happened them" asked Mrs.
Stedman's attorney, Abraham Tuin of New
York.
II served drinks. The captain did not use
alcohol but he supplied his guests most freely.
Then I served more drinks and he said,
That will be all for you tonight. I'll call you
in the morning
AT eight in the morning, raped on the
bedroom door and found 1t locked. Captain
Stedman came to the door, wearing bath
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

phrase commonly occurring in
the citations which greeted
these deeds. Perhaps something
of the same quality can be de-
tected in the way he faced his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

robe. He ordered me
to bring breakfast,
saying to get an ex-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

There Was. He Testified. Mrs.
A on One Voyage. Mrs. B on
Another. Miss X on q Third. and
They All Added Up to a Divorce
for the Hero's Wife. Who Gets
Indigestion From the Word
"ChivoIry"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

GdlldnlTy, dCCOIuIHB W Ills ="
10 a point. The trouble Is, she
divorce court. he carried ii too
When he was plucking sailor
sure trip TO Davy Jones's Loo
prouder Of him than she was. Blu
she says, when, possibly 10 keel
exercising his gallantry with lad
ing in nothing worse than the
In his twenty odd years al
has acquired many honors. He
Cross. the United States Urea
u. s. Lifesaving Medal OF Homo
the British Government, a silver
Government, gold one from the
saving Benevolent Association OF
York. the medal Of valor of the c
New York, the keys TO the city o.
ton. several honorary degrees
American universities, and
watch from his home town of O.
Massachusetts
This impressive list OF tokens
20 mention the deeds Of derri
that earned them. proves him a
But there is an old saying
10 the effect that no man IS
hero 10 his own valet.
Mrs. Stedman may have
remembered that IN looking
around for somebody TO back
up her divorce charges.
Masters of the Merchant Ma
rine. Of course, aren't allowed
Wallets. but they do have per
sonal stewards, which is practi-
cally the same thing
In any case, Mrs Stedman
got hold of Paul Rieth,
the man who for many
years had served in this
capacity 90 Captain Sted-
man. and, sure enough
Mr.. Rieth turned out TO
have the traditional val
cts attitude toward his
master hero. Moreover
he seems TO have beeI
only too glad TO put II
into words on the witness
stand.
According to him, the
captain, who in one Of his
rescue exploits had shown va
his ability TO modernize
old methods, had SINH
larly moderniZed the
sailors time-honored GUS
tom of having a girl in
every port. Stedman, z
testified Rieth. had a diff
ferent lady for each vow
age and the source Of sup r.
ply was his own passen-
ger list. Three OF these
Evening star., 1941-06-15

the Traymore's towels, and left un-
touched % other towels from New
York, Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore hotels"
Forget To Register Wives.
During the course of year, doz-
ems of preoccupied men register
themselves at hotel and forget to
cases there is rarely any question Of
marriage, because, as one hotelman
explained, single men don't forget
such delicacies. Nevertheless, the
forgetful husband must be reminded
in such a way as to cause him no
embarrassment, and the job is too
big for an amateur diplomat.
Then, often Mrs. Smith is regis
tered but she isn't the same one who
came last year. Hotels cannot af-
ford to challenge such situations.
Dealing with the superstitious used
to be problem. but now every hotel
in town has done away with its
18th floor, and most omit room
numbers ending in 49," such as 213
and 313.
Some guests won't even sleep in
rooms 724, 535, or any others whose
digits add up to 13, Benson says.
Hotel mems lives are made happy
by the varied characters they deal
with, he says.
A nice old lady who used to- live
at the Shelburne all year came
around every Christmas with a
little present for everybody.
When she came to the general
Evening star., 1941-06-15

to walk casually past them, glanc-
ing furtively-and quite disapprov-
ingly-in their direction. Then he
turns and walks past them again
in the same manner. The most
ambitious flirts disappear after
that.
BY all means the worst problem
hotelmen face is that of souvenir
hunters. Paul PETERS, superinten-
dent of supplies at one beachfront
hotel, says they're the scourge of
the hotel business. He calculates
guests swipe 80 per cent of the
hotels silverware annually, and
about per cent of its linens. Demi-
tasse spoons are the favorite loot.
"If you don't watch souvenir hun
ters," said Peters, they'll take
everything in sight"
Souvenir" Blankets Retrieved.
Leonard RundStrom, assistant
manager of the Traymore Hotel,
says little can be done about SOU
venir hunters. Hotel men can and
oO oiilllC az UllC lOoo VI llldlly tillIiSOJ
Mr.. Rundstrom says, but not blank
cts. The Traymore loses about
dozen of these annually. and it is
Mr.. Rundstrom'S job to try to get
them back-in a nice way, of course.
When Mr.. Rundstrom knows a
guest has stolen a blanket, he
doesn't demand it back. That
wouldn't be nice. After the guest
returns home Mr.. Rundstrom just
writes a warm personal letter that
II hope you had a most enjoyable
and profitable visit with us, and
want you to hurry back"
"They usually catch on" Mr.
Rundstrom says, land next time the
guest returns, an extra blanket is
most likely to be found in his room"
Last summer Mr.. Rundstrom
learned guest was preparing to
steal four big bath towels, and
II just opened his trunk, removed
Evening star., 1941-06-15
aside from being a diplomat, he is
an organic filing cabinet.
Exceptional Conduct Noted.

aside from being a diplomat, he is
an organic filing cabinet.
Exceptional Conduct Noted.
He must know thousands of peo-
pie by sight and be able to call them
by name. How do you do, Mr..
Smith" is more important in the
hotel business than the cushy plus
rug that leads up to the registra-
ton desk.
If Mr.. Smith has ever been at
the hotel before, the clerk knows
pretty much all he needs to know
about him. For instance, he knows
whether Mr.. Smith ever threw a
beer bottle out an 11th-story VIM
dow, cashed a rubber check, went
home with a shower curtain or
scraWled Il love Mamie" on the
wall paper with Mamie's own lip
stick. If he forgets details the hotel
records will remind him.
The hotel clerk spots acceptable
strangers at a glance. And the
other kind, no matter how we'll
dressed, usually are quickly recog-
nized. If one is not acceptable the
rooms are all reserved-sorry.
An undesirable guest" is defined
in the hotel trade as "one whose
presence is likely to drive other
guests out" You can't pin any re-
sponSible hotelman down to sharp
er definition than that.
Loud snorers used to be claSeed as
undesirable, but modern sound
proohng has rendered them in
nocuous. Men "boiSterously drunk"
are still in that class, and many no.
tells eject even their best customers
when they reach that stage.
Technique Routs Flirts.
Ritzy. hotels have more trouble
with outsiders" than with their
own guests, says Mr.. Benson. Many
resort visitors check in at a S150-
a-night rooming house on a side
street and then go to flaShy board
walk hotel and snitch enough sta
tionery to write to all their friends
back home.
Then there are the "flirtS," who
think a nice hotel lobby is the best
place to stage a pickup" Here the
women outnumber the men, Mr..
Benson observes, but they usually
are lonesome women in a strange
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Clock Turned Back

PLYMOUTH, Mass, June 14-A
visitor to Plymouth tells this story:
I'VE stood on the steps of the
church in Plymouth late one Friday
afternoon. A clock struck sand
history turned back 300 years. Up
the street came the Pilgrim pro-
cession-Myles Standish, Gov. Brad
ford and the other colonists. ST.
lently they made their way to the
site of the old fort on Burial Hill
and there Elder Brewster read
passage of Scripture. The scene was
dignifed and impressive. 1t did not
seem as if we watched a play For
the moment history was being lived
before our very eyes"
Such pageants are frequent oc-
currences in New England towns,
Evening star., 1941-06-15
resort, and most frequently they
come in pairs.
The hotelman's technique here is
FERRY LINES.
Annapolis -Matapeake Ferries

Summer Schedule Effective June II, l94l
Daily and Sunday, E. S. T.
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noon, L, 80, 2, 8, $3.50, 4, 5, $50, q, ],
1880. 8, 10, IL midnight.
Lv. Matapeake 7:25, 8, 8, 10, II am, 12
noon, 1890, I, 2, 2:3O, 8, 4, 4:30, s. 8,
$3.50, :, 8, $3.50, III pm.
Reduced Automobile ond Passenger Rotes
For information write Mr.. F. p. Leithauser.
Advertising Director, Maryland's Bridges
and Ferries Is East Lexington St, Bal
timore, Maryland
Evening star., 1941-06-15

Russia is offering prizes for the
best rabbit raiSerS.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
RESORTS.
NORTH CAROLINA.

NORTH CAROLINA.
Hotel Nags Header, sasst Sass Head Ca \ NC z
Coast. Best fishing and bathing on coast
See The Lost Colony" Information upon
request
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Visitors Welcome

SPRING GREEN. Wis, June IA
Most famous of WisconSin'S newer
homes it Taliesin, the country estate
Of the famous architect, Frank
Lloyd Wright, across the Wisconsin
River from Spring Green. Visitors
are welcome.
OF Names Is counties, 10 are on
tideWater or navigable rivers.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

manager, whose salary amounted to
$4,000 a year, she always pressed
a quarter In his hand and said,
Don't think Santa Claus has for
gotten you!"
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Knives, Guns, B|aokjaeks
Used in NIGHTS HoIdups

Two bandits. one armed with g
gun and the other with black
Jack. last night robbed and as
saulted Sam Wertleib. 50. employe
of liquor store at 14l4 Ninth street
NV, as he was getting into his cal
parked nearby.
Police said that after one colored
assailant, holding the gun. had
taken a wallet containing $40. the
second knocked Mr.. Wertleib to the
sidewalk with blow to the head.
Three colored men took $50 from
John Abbott. 440 Massachusetts
avenue NV, after strong -arming
him as he walked in the 300 block
of Fifth street NV. early today
police reported.
Manuel R. Rogue. 17l3 Fifteenth
street NV. lost s75 and wrist
watch when two colored men as
saulted him outside his home. ac-
oordino to police. One hit him in
the face while the second held a
long hunting knife. Mr.. Rogue was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital for
face lacerations and back injuries
received in the struggle, police said
Ralph Black. colored. 1411 Corco-
ran street NV. was robbed of $3.50
when one of two colored assailants
put a knife against his neck in an
alley at the rear of the 1400 block
of P street NV, police reported.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Rabbi Metz Cites Need
OF Church Co-operation

Rabbi Solomon H. Metz of Adas
Israel Hebrew Congregation de-
clared in radio address yesterday
that his organization was trying In
every way to bring about good will
and understanding" between the
religious faiths in Washington.
Speaking on the Whats Right
With Washington Program" of the
Washington Council of Church
Women over Station WWDC. Rabbi
Metz reported that the sisterhood
Of the congregation was active In
raising funds for the Red Cross
and that delega tions from many
churches and Sunday schools of
other denomination had visited the
congregation.
Many efforts were being put forth
in Washington. he said. to bring
Jewish. Protestant and Catholic peo-
pie of the city together ION common
ground to bring about the Kingdom
of God"
Activities of the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center were explained over the
same program by Edward Rosen-
blum, executive director of the CEN
ter. Service men using the Jewish
Community Center run as high as
1000 week, he reported, explaining
that the center, through all of its
activities. serves an average of be-
tween 250,000 and 100000 people a
year.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Citizens Ask Investigation
Of INSPECTION Services

A special investigation of the
Office of building and electrical in
Spection by the District Commits
sioners was asked last night by the
Randle Highlands Citizens AsSocis
tlon. which expressed the belief
that the present force needed over
hauling"
Submitted by Adelbert w. Lee
former president of the asSocla
ton, the resolution declared many
inspectors are untitled for their
tasks and that the regulat tons
themselves perhaps required re-
vision"
The association also voted to re-
quest the commissioners to provide
better equipment at No. IL Police
Precinct, especially in the scout car
force.
A motion was passed urging re-
duction of taXicab rates to the area
from downtown.
The services of Police Court Judge
George Nelson were commended
and the group praised the setting
aside of a special date in COM
memora ton of the Bill of Rights.
The community Christmas tree
in the Randle Highlands area and
of the Christmas campaign of The
Star were indorsed. An outline of
community air raid defense efforts
Was presented by Morris Clark Of
the association. F. F. Updike was
appointed chairman OF the Mem
tership Committee by T. Paul
Nudd, president Of the association.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
ManviIIe's Fifth HEADING
For Reno After II Days
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. g. Tommy
ManviDe declared yesterday that his
17-day-old marriage to blond Bon
ita Edwards. a 22-year- old showgirl,
had gone on the rocks and that
his fifth wife would head for Reno
today.
Il don't know how it happened or
why it happened" the craving At
year-old playboy aid Il went to the
dentist Thursday and when I re-
turned she was gone-trunks and
all. 1t must have been a difference
of temperament"
Mrs. Manville was in secluslon,
but her attorney, Jacob Gerstein,
in confirming the separation, said d:
The parties are very good friends
and they will continue to remain so.
They Just couldn't get together
they are too far apart"
Manville said that he and his
bride met with lawyers Thursday
and that he had drawn up a check
He said she was not domestic. and
slept until l pm. every day while
he cooked his own breakfast
They were married November l8
at Ridgeield, Conn, after a five
dav courtship.
At Miami, Manville's father-in-
law, w. R. Edwards. who looked
with favor on his daughters mar
riage II days ago. says now ne S
not so sure about It.
There's something wrong with
anybody who can't get along with
Bonnie. because she's good, sweet.
tempered girl" he declared.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Liquidotion of n. 0. L. G.
Urqed by Loan League

CORAL GABLES, Fla, Dec. 6
(P,.-The United States Savings and
Loan League asked the Federal
Government yesterday to get out Of
the housing business.
Nearly $500 delegates to the 49th
annual convention called in resolu-
tions for liquidation of the Home
Owners Loan Corp, for the Fed
eral Housing Authority to stop
placing guarantees behind mortgages
on existing properties and eventually
to stop giving new home building
loans.
The administration foreign pol
icy was given approval and delegates
favored unlimited expenditures for
necessary defense efforts. but they
demanded drastic curtailment OF
spending in non-defense fields.
A f1nal-day speaker, DR.. James S.
Thomas of Alexandria, Va, defended
this material, this Grass side of
life at which he said ideologists
sneer.
Democracy is nothing but intelli-
gent compromise" he declared.