Show Paul Pad Whiteman of f Ja Jazz F Fame arne O Sued on First Wife Wife's s Bills ti J Jazz az King Sued W a N L PAUL WHITEMAN Noted eader j. j ader Is IsH H Haled r d I Into Int t C Court urt by Former Form r Mother Law L DENIES HE MADE PROMISES TO PAY Jazz King Married Three Times to Wanda Hoff at Zenith of Career NEW EW YORK March 11 AP AP- AP Paul Whiteman orchestra conductor tor has been sued for damages damages dam darn ages by Mrs Cella Celia Stack h his his s former mother la mother law it wa was wag revealed In supreme court when Justice Pros Pros- kauer denied application tion for o an order to examine Mrs Stack c before trial Mrs Stack alleged that her daughter Mrs aIrs Nellie r Stack Whiteman Whiteman White White- man was married to the orchestra leader on August 10 10 1908 1905 and that he deserted ner six months later Her daughter she said Eald obtained a divorce orce n n 1914 Her daughter bore borea a child which lived six months Mrs Irs Stack said sad and the hospital and doctor bills and funeral expenses w were re paid by Mrs Irs Stack accordIng accord- accord lag Ing to her complaint Whiteman denied he made any promise to pay these expenses al alleged alleged al- al that his bis former wife had abandoned him and pleaded the statute of limitations The suit has been se ei for March 22 After Whiteman made his reputation as asa asa asa a Jazz king he he married Wanda Hoff Hoft lV DE-lV R t March Paul Paul Whiteman whiteman Jazz orchestra leader who is being sued in New NewYork NewYork York by Mrs Cella Celia Stack the mothr mother moth- moth er r of vf f his first wife married Nellie ell e eSta Sta Stack k here in n 1908 when both were employed at an amusement park Whiteman as a a. musician and his bride as a chorus girlA girl A few years later after she had obtained a divorce in New Jersey Whiteman married Miss 1 Jimmie Smith of St. St Louis and Denver She obtained a divorce orce and resided at Reno Nev several years and Whiteman married Wanda yanda Hoff Hott after he became famous as a a. Jazz king Whiteman Is a native of ot D Denver nver |