The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 22, 1921, Page 11

Section Two " ATTLES ___ THE STOKES an TO CLEAR P NAME OF + CHARGES other New York Million- aire Weakens in Divorce Case Against Wife BY E. M. THIERRY | NEW YORK, July 22.—Mrs. Helen Stokes’ fight for her chil- is over. She has won. And they have been fed a rich heritage by their mil- 1 ire father. | Whether she will clear her name the legal mud thrown by W. EL Stokes in one of New York's two sensational divorce cases—par the Stillman case—is some an impending court decision ) determine. 4 yshe wins, she will get a separa. and a large share of her hus ‘S wealth. If Stoke# wins, he ‘get his divorce—but by his own ith-hour surrender he virtually ceded he was in a losing fight. Btokes’ surrender—so it is regarded ‘Mrs. Stokes and her attorneys— @s an unexpected anti-climax @ long series of spectacular chap- of marital struggles and legal extending over two years. known from coast to coast b hotel proprietor and ire involved in several drn- domestic and otherwise, offered olu ly to release the two chil- ren into the custody of their grand- mother of the wife he ewe Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, the children she has won, Jim- mie, 5, and Helen, 4, and (inset) W. E. D. Stokes. And, Anyhow, Vamp Is a Vamp, Says’e WASHINGTON, July 22—J. Gor don Leach, manager of the Chesa- peake Beach, says the policemen are broad minded persons who are not averse to the “ladies of the sand” weartng meagre bathing attire. “A vamp is a vamp for a’ that.” he again. How sorry I married! Littleton described how Stokes tn- stalled his second wife and children in a house and “within a year aban- doned her and when she refused to bargain with him for a collusive di yorce began the campaign which this trial brings to a close.” Btokes’ first set-back in the sen- sational suit that occupied most of FALLS IN WELL: | Fatima Sultana, .member are treated rough—one hand ts cut | oll. the spring in Justice Finch's court and divided interest with the Still man case, came on March 17, when Justice Finch ordered him to hand over $19,500 in cash to his wife— and suggested that she take this money and gather evidence which would refute the amazing testimony he had brought. Evidence was gathered and speo tacular chapters of the elderty mil Uonaire’s earlier life were brought to view again. mys, “and «ilk stockings lure more than bare legs—the girlies know it, too.” There are rigid bathing #ult rules at the beach which will be en- forced—on the men. Were They Cowed or Just Charmed? NEW YORK, July 22. — Nobody thought of jazz as a peacemaker un- Ul Capt. Ragusin of the liner Belve- dere let loose the ahip’s orchestra Fine Liquor Gone to quell @ Greek-Turk-Roumanian- Bulgarian race war that was threat- and Thieves Also) caine. With the first strains the VANCOUVER, B. C., July 22—)| quarreling passengers calmed down Gone are 100 cases of the finest'and from then on were in perfect whisky in the Dominion ‘Treding | accord. Co.'s warehoune, and gone are the daring burglars who stole it. The Mquor was taken some time before midnight last night, while Columbia st., on which the warehouse is locat- ed, was throngea with passengers from the North Vancouver ferry. The Mquor was valued at $4,000, |Germany Goes Wet AMSTERDAM, July 22. ing to official statistics traffic in Germany, which had de creased during the war, is again in- creasing considerably. Ten million bottles of champagne were sold in Germany last year, while $2,500,000,- 000 were spent on alcoholic liquors. WASHINGTON—American steam -|er Western Front lost off Sicily ts- Jands, near English coast, according to report to shipping board. which qualifications Martin W. The Seattle Star (=="~~) ATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1921. MRS. STOKES WINS IN FIGHT FOR HER CHILDREN! TRAPPED 4 DAYS, Improvised Ladder of Wire and Sticks Fails KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 22.—Un able to climb out of an old well into which he had fallen, Roy 1. MeMi) lan, 29, was rescued by passersby, yesterday, after he had been impria | oned four days and nine hours, At the hospital where he was tak: | en MeMillan told of improvising a ladder from sticks and wires, It) lacked five feet of reaching the top of the well, They Make ’Em Wed Young and Keep ’Em Good SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.—If | you want to keep ‘em good you gotta | marry ‘em young. That's the way they keep the young maidens from temptation in Afganistan, according to Princess of the royal family of that country, who jatopped here on her trip to Eng: | land long enough to tell the mayor how to run a city. | “The women in our country are very, very good — they marry young.” was one of her comments. | “Phe pretty maidens of Afganistan do not firt—thelr faces are covered | with veils.” Prohibition violators in America| would be as scarce as bonded goods | if Uncle Sam used the Afganistan methods. Bootleggers and thieves off and the arm steeped In boiling Horse thieves and those who break the confidence of the king are placed in tron cages before the pub- Me gaze and starved tq death. “Theae prabtices,” the queen told} Mayor Rolph of San Francisco, “work splendidly in Afganistan. Be cause of them Afganistan enjoys the reputation of being the most moral country im the world.” Weddings in Penn MAYOR JIM PLANNING TO MAKE HIS TOWN FIRST FREE CITY DETROIT, July 22—Mayor Jim Couzens is stirving to make De troit “the first free city in Amert- pay Couzens plans to bring all public ulllities — telephones, gaa, electric power and etreet railways — under municipal ownership. He hopes to demonstrate the prac- tieability of public operation of pub- ec utilities before the entire nation. Couzens’ creed is that the fullest civic development can be attained only when a community as such is economically independent. It grater on Couzens to see a large city humble itself before private owner ship entrenched in special privilege. “One thing at a time,” i» Couzens’ motto. He now is in the midst of estab Ushing & munictpal street railway. His ultimate objective, however, is made plain by his public utterances during many heated political cam paigna. Couzens is reluctant to speak of all his projects, The reas: son for his silence is that he pro- poses to develop a new type of citi- gen, “To operate large enterprises,” he says, “we must draw our executives from the ranks of the business men. Refore we can hope to obtain this class of municipal executive, we must teach business men that eer. vice comes first, money-making aft- erward, Naturally, ineuleating a similar spirit must extend to the en- tire citizenship.” Cousens exemplifies in his own life hia ideal of good citizenship. He is a millionaire many times over, but wealth to serve his city, “! have a hard time finding men necessary to keep filled now,” he ‘ays, “I must find more men of the type I need as I enlarge the scope of our municipal enterprises.” Couzens is particularly examperat- 4 by the personne! of the state pub- lie utility comminsions, which he clames ag “irresponnible bodies.” “We must have home rule in all things which affect the people of he has quit piling up) for the few important positions it is | he |by drinking poison. COUZENS IS community vitally,” he deciares, The millionairé mayor has the na tion's most unique field in which to work out his program, From 1906 to 1919, the year he| took office, Detroit doubled ite area | and its population, leaping from 40 to 80 square miles, and from 600,000 | to 1,000,000 residents, | Civic institutiong and utilities did | not keep pace. Couzens found Detroit an over- grewn villafe Immediately he set about to re build the city. Bond issues totaling $96,000,000 have been iasued for work on schools, hospitals, water supply, sewers, parks and the street rall- way, In addition to this amount, the city spends $65,000,000 annually in ordi- nary maintenance, He made 75 speeches in three weeks in the campaign to start the municipal railway, Virtually alone, he wold the idea to the citizens, “In less than five years,” he as nerts now, “we will own and operate every inch of street rallway in the city. We are building 100 miles of extensions at present, 300 miles of the privately owned Detroit United lines are being taken over, and 65 more miles of extem..ons are pro- jected, “It will be a demonstration to the cities of the country that the real | remedy of indifferent street car service ip municipal ownership.” Couzens is preparing to experiment with trackleas trolley cars, which will travel over ordinary pavement |on rubber-tired wheels, The Detroit municipal railway commission has advertised for bids for 60 such cars. Lecturer Against Worry Is Suicide KOKOMO, Ind, July 22—Dr. W. E. Armstrong, who attained national [prominence with his address, “Why Worry?” committed suicide yesterday Minneapolis Ad Club Woman in Talk Here Miss Agnes Rooney, director at large of the Advertising Club of Minneapolis, and secretary-treasurer of the McMartin Advertising Agency of that clty, spoke Thursday noon to the Women's Advertising club of Seattle in the Bon Marche tea room. She explained the advertising organ- ization of bh wn city, FEVERETT—American legion post at Fort Gibbon, Alaska, named in memory of Russell H. Lovelace, Everett boy, whose mother, Mra. Rowe Lovelace, now lives at 316 Nob Hill ? Community Fund's Secretary Picked According to an announcement made Thursday afternoon by Dr, Park Weed Willis, president of the | Seattle Community fund, Frank B, | Burleson, executive secretary of the | Better Akron Federation, of Akron, Ohlo, has been chosen executive secretary of the Seattle order. Bur- leson will open offices itn Seattle Aug. 6. HOUSTON, Tex.— Convicted of bigamy, following marriage to Viola Miller, said to be nine years old. James Smith sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, 4 | Buttermilk The Great Summer Refresher The most refreshing and most invigorating Food Drink for every Member of the Family. But be sure you ask for KRISTOFERSON’S if you want it as deliciously fresh as it should be. At Your Grocer’s, or City Grow in Cost PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-—'The cost of weddings ts going up here, begining with the smallest item, the marriage licensa They have been raised from $1 to $1.50. The last couple to buy a $1 ticket to matrimonial bliss were George Washington Flurer and Alice Mo Grath and the first couple to pay the profiteering rate were Andrew Jackson and Vila Williams. i | E ft i i 1 3 on, attorney for Mrs. Stokes, smiles, To Mrs. Stokes it spells _ To little Jimmy Stokes, aged 5, and m Muriel Stokes, aged 4, it a home with their mother 4 grandmother, and their rightful re of their rich father’s fortune. Observers see in Stokes’ surrender decision not to enter court again Hin legal warfare with femininity. Myles A. Walsh, associated with ttorney Littleton, sees victory for 2 Stokes, saying: “It seems to me that this whole has been brought to deprive irs. Stokes of her rightful share the Stokes millions. He has tried ® besmirch the name of his wife, “is willing to leave his children n her custody—for that is what it ould mean to have them with their ndmother.” No matter what the decision is, okes will probably have to pay sums, if not in alimony, cer- nly for the support of the chil- n. His first wife, divorced in 1900, was granted alimony of $1,000 week. kes and Helen Elwood of Den- tr were married Feb. 11, 1911, when the was 62 and she 22. Marital liti- gation began in 1919. The trial prop- er started last March, the children sometime previously having been Fawarded Mrs. Stokes by Judge Ben Andsay of Denver. NUMEROUS CO-RESPONDENTS WERE NAMED Stokes named numerous co-re- "ppondents. Even his own son, W. D. Stokes, Jr, was arrayed yainst him. One of the co-respond- fents named was Edgar T. Wallace, Palifornia oll man, who came hur- Irying to New York to deny a wom- in’s testimony that she saw Mrs. Stokes in Wallace's apartment. Here are entries in Mrs. Stokes’ iary, offered by Attorney Littleton “in his final brief, to show that Btokes “beat and terrified his wife” almost from the beginning: duly 6, 1911 (five months after the ing}—Will smashed dishes at $19.50 including a size for every man. unless you prefer to do so. Ve y Separate Men's Shop—Second Floor table. July 25—Another scene at Will's. 3 made a great mistake tn marrying. July 31—Trouble again. August 2-Will frightened me a good assortment of very service- able, nicely tailored suits in light colors at $19.50. Values up to $49.50. About 150 others of values up to $69.50, in all colors and styles, with COME AND GET THEM, MEN! but do not pay in full now CREDIT—GLADLY Hand-Tailored | BRADBURY MEN’S SUITS Reduced for Clearance $39.50 m u sea envelope — and Does a fresh cigarette taste any better ? ‘You just try a Chesterfield~ and see / is enclosed other choice Do field way. In packages of OU don’t lose one bit of that fresh tobacco Turkish blended with Burley and that “can’t-be- “Satisfy”? Why, nothing tastes better than fresh Cheste: and they're aways fresh! Znota round AIR-TIGHT tins of 50 Kpesentystibeanl ce—rich mestic tobaccos, in copied” Chester- jelds— j 20 protected by |