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Show Pretty Divorcee Says Sympathy for Aged Man Brought on Engagement New Orleans Beauty, Spurned by Georgia Millionaire, Million-aire, Names Terms on Which Candler Must Pay for Insult to Her Ancestors and Attack on Her Reputation ' LOS ANOELES, Oct. 11 (By A. P.) Wilbur I Getts, formerly of Atlanta, Ga, new living hare, volunteered th statement today that ha waa tha traveling aalasman mentioned by Asa G. Candler in tha ststsmente published pub-lished by Mr. Onetime d Bouchel, Involved In alleged raporta of visits to her rooma In Atlanta during Confederate reunion In 1t1t. i n wnoie story attributed to CancUee ht a tie," declared L Oete "It im a fabrication ef aeandal-mongsre. aeandal-mongsre. Thre is no finer woman on earth than Mrs. de Bouchel. A TIM NT A. Ca., Oct. 11 (By A. P.) "A deep sympathy for a lonely old man whose children had grown awy from him, and a companionship I craved, rather thsrf love. Inspired my engagement to Asa O. Candler, Sr. today aaid Mrs. Onexlma de Bouchel. beautiful New Orleans divorcee, whose engagement to the Atlanta "capitalist ! waa abruptly terminated, She was i awaiting arrival of her attorney to j confer over charges of Indiscretion al- ; leged to have been made against bar I by Candler. j "I do not want a single penny of the ; handler money," 0he asserted, "but ! they will have to pay and pay dearly' for their combine to wreck my reputa- tlon with Insults." In a public statement yesterday Mra. de Bouchel said Candler had Informed ! her It would be Impossible for him to marry her, as he had received Information In-formation that she had invited two men to visit her rooms In a local hotel dur-inr dur-inr the Confederate reunion here In WOMAN OUTLINES TERMS. "Mr. Candler shall tell to the world that the slander of unprincipled men is not the reason he has cast off the woman whom he asked to be his wife." she reiterated today. "He must disclose dis-close the slanderers of my character; tell me and the world that women are not always fortune-hunters that herl- ! tage of pride doe, not succumb to materia ma-teria I de-tire-.. This shall be done!" Mrs. de Bouchel. whose announcement announce-ment of her marriage to Candler several sev-eral months ago attracted nstional attention. at-tention. Is typical of the French type. Her eyes sre greyish blue and her hair auhurn. She Is wealthy and Is aaid to have descended on both sides of her j family from the French aristocracy. When Mra. de Bouchel attended the I Confederate reunion In Atlanta aa j chaperon general, she related, Candler, entertained the ladles of her court. I sent them candy and flowers, placed his automobile at the It disposal and : otherwise "acted as any gentleman would." CORRESPONDENCE OPENS. After she had returned to her home) In New Orleans, a correspondence developed, de-veloped, she continued, and the capitalist capi-talist told her "how his daughter before be-fore her marriage had always met him at the door and placed ber arms around i his neck; but that now It waa 'hello,' fetthvr,' as she pasted him to embrace ; her husband." I The Louisiana womsn took a trip to 1 ftwltxerlsnd. snd on her return Candler Cand-ler met her at the pier In New York, she said. "ThoM rugged elements of his character, char-acter, which enabled him to rise from a I comparatively low station In life to the height of flnsnclal standing attracted at-tracted and fascinated me. i "While he did not have a background j of generatlona of courtly refinement, he posaeseed a It the elements of a gentleman. gen-tleman. He was. I thought, the Ideal type kind, considerate and eoUcltlous of my welfare. The moat outstanding ruin of the (Continued on page 1.) nit fly what court Action, If ny, would ' Mt tkn. ' j 'nllT'B only rrply tn her puhllthM j atatlamanl jaaynai Hi f i - torney after h ttai nl(1 Hi hv left Ailnnia i.-iterdy. II tirta-1 tht rntifhlentlal lnf'.rfntlon ajiv'rn him hy j rrlrnl hnd mad mrrlutn with Mr, j 4m liouchel Impoaaihl and Hint h wnui,i not dlat-loao the names uf til luforiiiunt. Le Gette Defends U Mrs. de Bouchel lAm ANUKl.KH, fi,t. It ffly A. D In a atalcttunt niade her lodav In de-fenar de-fenar of Mr. do ftourhel, H Ha Jaid hy VVIihur le Owtie. travriinv la-inan la-inan fur'er!y of Atlanta. that he h(t nut ien Mn. rta llourhfl fur mere than yur. I ha laat ni.-einr betn In Nuw York, Mhn Mrs tteiie and ha met h-r at n h(M prior to hr lfiar-Uir lfiar-Uir for l'ri. Th fiial Information or Hi repurlad rlir; assalnat h-r rharafter, ho mii, mine to hlin yt-e-traday Hftm rradinsx a loral newapaper. "I met Mr, de )lou'he tn Atlanta on tha flrat day of the t 'nnfrrlr ritf e reunion, re-union, aorna iini In th fall of 19. hi v I ti trn IntrndiK il hy a young lady from VlrlnU." h jt1. rl pnn rea.lln- Ih tiewpMpr tatamenta of Mra. if liourhal thai randier aiuaed her nf rrr,l in attention ..f to men In her room, 1 realised that I must b th aaleanmn referred to. "Mr 1'nndfer and I were the nnlr two mn who could t mentioned ai spend- , lna time ltti Mr, d Uon.li.-l dtirlnK that t'onventlon. and ah aa t-onatHnt. :y in my company, aha teinr hperon sreneral nf the convention and 1 enter-tnltiliisr enter-tnltiliisr tlelt aatea. ni there wrr al-way al-way -everal younsr ladle praaent. cft-ar charcea acatnat Mr, da flourhol. He raid th rliirnri wera atnundin-to atnundin-to anvona who knew Mn de Mou.hr l and that h prepared to - in At-l At-l itita at any time " d-ff-tid the hoaor of an Inaulted woman. auvQ a beconira a Southern srent leman." M tlKIl Mflll t A.MH.KR, "Hut naver at ft slnart tlm wa ah with me alone. At noon that flrat day he Informed m that aha had an en-. en-. iwaotuent with f-unrtiair f,r hm-.'h'ftn. The utih; lad lt and mvaelf accompanied accom-panied har tu tha I'tedrnont hotel, and on that ocraalon I flrat met 4'atidler "J.ater th whole party laft th hotel to Inspect a new piano In ft at.ire at hlch 1 wa en srn a fd aa sslfimin. While In th tore Candler made an enaaKt inent with Mr, da Ilou. hel to o im hia horn that even In I wi at the hotel that ame nlht when Mra da Moiirhel feturnrd from landli bom with aaveral of the atria. "t va not hr wetlteart fsr from It. I almost played the part of a chauffeur for her. She mad a practlc durina; the convention of loading old aoldlei Into my car and taklna; them on a sightseeing- tour of Allan (HI. ALU All rHKKT. "And I want to say In lfns of th flneat woman 1 have ever met that It waa practUally an imposslMhtv for her to entertain stent lr men In her rooms eacept In th prnc of th glrla h cbaperonetl, and during the whole con v tnt ton she waa kept huey from In the morning until J the neat day. If tlivr war any men aaao lasting with Mm d Uouchel. outalde of mvieif and Air. 4'andler. they had to ii aome. M ra de ttnut-hel w a a p trailing and beautiful character. She always conducted con-ducted heraeif as a lady and never gate an man an opportunity for making unconwnttonal advance." I. Oetl said that h had not communicated com-municated with any on in Atlanta since rea.lln of th statements hy Mra. 1 de Uouchel. but had Immediately sought re iaper to say hat he could to PRETTYDjVDRCEE (Ovmt nuei from g 1 i JeSa.' which oRovws ' m toJay. ah ewkrtlnural after ft pause, . that IS atrxng. materf.il M-r.vai.ty is piviK ruMiMst no svhftpe by ie w.ie f other. 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