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Show j . ' . 1 . .MARCH OnS-SA- LT are on the scene. There ts much talk of compromise I Or out of court. It Is March, 151. and Mrs ptlllman retaliate against her husband, denying all hi charges and declaring 'that Florence Leeds was James A. Stillmans Inamorata and that her child. Jay, waa hi child. All the paper In the two actions, however, are kept eerL Th Stillmans part, th wife flghtlng for and obtaining $60,000 annual allmonv. She aeks that the sum be doubled, pending the trial of her utt. Society is by the ear and there Is talk of various collateral legal action. The guardian for Guy Stillman to making a hard fight for the boy. There are rumor aid denial ef possible settlements. Mr Agreed flee New York. She to reported in Florida The closing seen shows James Stillmans yacht "Modesty riding Idly at anchor off the Florida coast. Villagers Slay Aged Peasant; Called Witch Saragossa, .Virgil Decker B&res Detail : of Murder ef Chum to Kosciusko County Sheriff. Memories of Early Religion ; ;and Motherly Advice of spam, March i.-e- y Press.) Francises Lashsras, peasant woman, wss murdered outside the village ef Ca lemo, near here, today, because the was suspected of practicing witchcraft. Two Inhabitants of the village, who accused the womsrj of casting th "evil eye. which caused the death of their lamb and lllnets of their faml. lie, way'ald and killed her with sight etllett ttaba. an-ol- d Ferrets Own Evidence. - him. McOstar apparently was beafen and kd to death. McOscar seme two months ago engaged a local attorney in an effort to have set aside provisions of the will of Dr. Ed" McOscar of Fort Wavne, a WARSAW, Ind., March 19. (By th ward J. under which about $21,000 wss brother, Associated Pro.) Memories of hi early left In trust for him. Amos McOscar to him to letter a revived urging sought gain possession of ths principal by religion fund which now Is In a Fort confess hi sin and seek fdiglvetlcss, of this trust bank. combined with the softening Influence of Wayne motherly advice given by. Mrs. C. B. Cases Given to Jury. Moon, wife Of the sheriff of Kosciusko WILUAMStXN. V. Va , March 19 county, ha resulted In a confession from The fate of the sixteen tnountalneeis, do fondants In the Matewsn battle case, Decker, 18 year of age, in which rested , I'irgll In the hands of th jury tonight. he declares that he alone was responsible ten months Rgo today the gun f.ght Lovett, his of between of the little mining fob the death reHUlnt chum, Leroy detectives octown and Baldwin-Fel- t a . nineteen-year-ol- d youth of Elkhart. curred. Ten men were killed and th Ind. cn wers Indictments In men tried sixteen , Since his arrest Tuesday at Marlon, connection witlvJLhe death of one vUttm, The trial occupied forty-si- x Ind , on the charge of murdering Lovett, A. C. Fell. days. the Decker boy has Insisted that he had After two hour and a half of deliberane part In the Lovett lads death. tion ths Jury reported It hed reached no and court adjourned until 8 decision from a in letter Testerday he received Mrs. George Walker of Nappanee, a wom- a. m. Monday, rean wholly unknown to him, a deeply ligious appeal that he "confess everything no the man you have harmed, and Im, ploring him to "lean on Jesus. 1!; Matron Prompts Action. kli Asks for Bible. yesterday Decker requested a Later, Mrs. Moon heard him talkShe as be walked about his cell. ing listened and heard him quoting the scriptures. Ild vou And something to comfort she asked. you "My favorite verb Is John 111, 16, said he, and quoted: For God so loved the World that He gsve Ilia only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth tn Him shall not perish, but .have everlasting life.1 j "Isntm that good? he shouted. "It makes feel better already." , But, Virgil, If you keep on telling lies, sldn't you know that you will only make Mrs. Moon. case worse? ryeurTee, I know It, suggested but I have made my 'pise with God and Im ready to tell nil," declared the bov. .According to Mrs. Moon, the boy In hts talk with her denied that there was an Insurance plot to obtain payments of policies aggregating $24,004 In event of ,nl accidental death. ! "He told me, said Mr. Moon, "that h had simply taken out ths policies because different Insurance agents had been after him end had persuaded him that It was a good way to save money. ! Late - I Grand Jury Called. I A special session of the grand Jury, beginning next Thursday, to Investigate the Lovett murder waa called today by Judge ! W. Boyce of the Kosciusko circuit court after a conference with Prosecutor Alenry W. Graham. Decker confessed he had struck his cfeum on the head with an Iron bar as he Wept In a cottage on the Tippecanoe river near here, and several hours later returned to the cottage with a horse and iinrotiRrlnn. fni-buggy, taking Lovett to a near-b- y railroad crossing, where it struck by a train. mgs - "The devil drove me to It, Decker told Bherlff C. B. Moon, after signing hi confession, and Would add no other explanation, He contradicted his previous statement that a man named Guy was with them. Anally admitting he had commuted the crime unassisted. r Insurance Fraud Denied. He denied that hta transfer of his own clothing to I .ovett's body had been part pf a plan to collect Insurance totaling nearly $30,00. payable to Fred Decker, his brother. In event of the death by accident of Virgil Decker. Several times, he said, he drove across tli railroad crossing, trying to make up his mind to leave Lovett on the crossing. ? "Finally I saw a train coming from the east, he said, "and drove on the reil-h- d track, unhitched the horse, leaving Die buggy with Leroy lying tn th teat on the track, and I ran down the road south In the direction th horse went, i "The reason I placed my suit of overalls and shoes on Leroy was that I thought when the train struck the buggy Leroy would be cut so badly he could hot be identified, and some or my clothe would be found on him and they would think It was me and 1 would have a chance to get sway. died shortly after the body was found. Negro Is Lynched. "WATER VALLEY, Miss, March II. Adolphus Ross, a negro, iharged with attacking an aged white woman yesterday, was taken from the Jail her by a mob today and hanged, ills body was then riddled with bullets. Treadway Is Convicted. 'PHILADELPHIA, March 19 Peter D. Treadway was found of murder In the second degree by aguilty Jury today In confection T.with the robbing and killing of Henry Peirce, manufacturers sales agent, last November. Norris Plea Refused. ftEDDlNO, Cal March II Stipcrlnr Judica Charles O. Rualrk today denied th motion of counsel for WllHam H. Nonit of Torre Haute. Ind, to eet aside the plea of yulity and sentence of death which had been made yesterday. Alleged IntlmJUa- Ion by prosecution officers led to the action Norris, alias Arthur Owen Davis, the of City Marshal J. W. Reives of slaying Redding, and was sentenced to he hanged at Han Quentin penitentiary March 35. Neven Is Convicted. hire. Stillman, acting as he own detective, ferreted out a large part of the evidence upon which to based her amended answer to her husband's milt for divorce. It was learned by Universal Bertie to i night. alThe details Of the bank president leged liaieon with Mrs. Florenc Helena Leeds, former "ehickeh on the Cehttjry now roof, of til famous pseudonym. "Leeds of the secret service, and many other feature of ths amended answer which to about to be filed, were learned hr Mrs. Stillman from . friends, a man closely connected with th defense In the suit told Universal Service. Mr Stillman did not find It necessary, he said, to disguise herself In her investigation; she did not find It necessary to haunf Delmontso and th various Broadway cabarets, to uncover evidence of her huehund'e alleged escapades. Instead she carried her case to her own and her husbhnda friends, laid her cards on the table and appealed to them for Information, She got It. But this distasteful work was undertaken only after her lawyer had convinced her that It was necessary to protect the Interests of herwchlldren, the Universal Service informant said "Mrs Stillman, strange as ft may seem, Is a home woman. She really Is a typical hqusewlfe and mother, Mid this Informant. She is known among tier friends for her sympathy and her willingness to serve. It Is tru that After her husband brought his suit against hsr mahy servant cam forward of their own volition and offered to testify for her, Kind Bible. SHIFTS Cntis4 from MIL! hn Ofa Helena Leeds, daughter of a plumber, once of the Bronx but now of the chicken chorus In "Th Century Girls, one of the big feminine speclac.ee then a gift for daneing and showing. She had Tltian-halrewaa vivacious and A cochorus girl, May Hadden, with whom Horence lived, was acquainted, it Is mid, with Jimmy Stillman, and it h declared she Introduced Florence to him. It Is reported thst this meeting occurred at a gay party at Delmonlco a Tires of Footlights. to' Her Help. Tt developed thit when any member of the household, no matter In how humble was taken ill or was sent to th capacity, hospital for n opertton( Mr. Stillman not only took a deep personal interest, but herself was constantly present at thp sick-be- d She has sat throiikH many a long ylgil in the hospital with her servants Sho-l- a g really a simple, unaffected, woman and devoted mother, whose devotion to her children to paramount 8ha Is disregarding now. other Interest If it the children the Would not have contested th action of her d She ha known for affirmatively a long time that his affection hnv been turned from her, Reports published today that a slay in the If gal proceedings of the suit had been brought about by th Issuance of a order by a supreme court Jusrestraining tice were refuted tonight. Justice at Poughkeepsie, declared that this order wa none other than hts action on March In restraining further action before the referee until the question of alimony and counsel fee should be settled, This matter come Up before Justice Morachauser t White Plains on Wednesday. Mrs. Stillman's lawyers are anxious to get the bank president on the stand. home-lovin- 11 were-not-f- or Leeds Soon thereafter "Chicken showed a decided aversion to the chorus-gilife In generab and th Century show In particular. She became bored with life In a side street flat. Nevertheless, she at tended rehearsal regularly, arriving In an automobile, swathed in furs to protect She starther against disturbing winds ed discussing "straight tips" on Wall street languidly and Anally resigned from the footlights Bo passed 1811 for Jim BtUlman and the girl, Act II Scene, Three Rivers, Quebec: The Stillman Lodge. It Is the summer of 1917. Mrs. Stillman has engaged Fred d Indian guide and Beauvais, wliard of the woods, to teach her Banker en ITT ways of wood. raft. approved of the plan and fltillman has has learned to know the family well. He won the friendship of the parents as well as the children Mrs. Stillman later engages the guide, Doattev fm Jagg Oto who has French blood In his veins, to com from Three Rivers to New Tork to continue the education of the Stillman tion, which to known to be armed, will children In the life attack ths soldiers In these districts tomorrow. Man. A Mans Rifle and machine gun fire was heard along the lower Follsh border last night handsome as Beauvais Is the Pole celebrated their anticipated youth, poetical In mood, but a man s Heavy exploslona early today man" nevertheless. He comes to Pocan-tic- o victory. represented a continuation Of the celeHills, N. Y.t the Stillman country brations with dynamlts home in Westchester, adjoining the place There Is a threatening situation at of John D. Rockefeller, and he ependa a German automobile carwhere Rybnlk, several months there. correspondents, foreign newspaper rying But later Banker Htilltpsn charges that It was at Three Rivers that Beauvais, was fired on today as It passed a Pollan whom he names as corespondent, won th settlement love of Mr. Stillman. For three years, he asserts, the Intimacy continued, House to despite his attempts to stop It. He refuses to condone, legally or othrrwlae, the Be Given alleged actions of his wife. But he bars Beauvais from Pocantlco Hills and the WASHINGTON, March 1. Prellml-nar- y camp at Three Rivers, to the conference Monday between Scene I, New York. Reauvsls stay In of th packers and their town for the winter, easily obtaining a representatives which Secretary Davis called position In a sporting goods house after employees, he had given Mrs. Httllmans name as to adjust differences over wage cuts and reference. Later he goes to Montreal and adjustment of hours a hearing will be th representathem settle given by the secretary to It engages In buslneaa was learned their troubles among themselves, I have tive of the employees, ' nothing to my," be declares to en eager today. Da via. It Is understood, will Secretary reporter111 reprasentatlvss an opporAct Scene, New Tork "Mr. and give th to labor state their case, as he has tunity Mrs. Leeds, he being known as Leeds heard th aids from Curl Meyer packers' of th secret service. All are known by J. L. Condon, attorneys who will the other tenants of the and eght to allat Ct the Dennis Lan secrepresent East Eighty-sixt- h street. retory of th packer apartment unions and It employee It is January, 191. Mrs. It S their attorney, will repreass Florence, th Century sentBrennan, workers the chicken." Mr. Leeds, a the backstairs Secretary Davis today set experts at gossip shows the dialogue being between work all data relating to premaids, chauffeurs, etc wss none other vious assembling problems In th packing Inthan Jamea A. Httllm&n. Jr, rhe presi- dustry. labor For that purpose h called In dent and director of the National City E. P. Marsh, who wa a member Ot bank. President Wilson' mediation commission which settled the dispute of lilt through Elder Stillman Dies. th Alecbuler agreement. The employee It Is March, ard there come ths death are now Insisting upon g continuance ot Th of James Sttilman, th situation will b senior. Th that agreement. younger man becomes chairman of th placed before Samuel Qompera'by Mr. board of directors of the National City Lane, Mr. Brennan and others In a conbank, with Frank A. Vanderllp president. ference tomorrow. A time passes, Mrs Leeds remains In seclusion at Rest Court, near Stony Brook, REWARD DISPUTE COMPROMISED. L. L, a palatial manor, and "Leeds visits BLOOMINGTONN-- dll 19 An , March her often. ettlemsnt ever tbe disposition Meanwhile Mrs. Stillman It at Pocam amicable of th rewsrd of tll.Nt offered by the tlco Hills with her children. , Northern Trust company of Chicago for Autumn comes, and on September 17. th of William Dalton and the re1918, Jay Leeds," son of Mr and Mrs. turn capture of $7 12,000 of bonds he stole has been Leeds. Is born In th Elxhty-slxtstreet reached, accord pg to an announcement Two months later, at th apartment her tonight. Th vouth was or Stillman city home, Mr. Stillman gives mi rested at Heynorlh, near birth to Guy Stillman. Constable Jack I'rapsr, who actually Act IV Scene, New York. Th winter mad th gyrest, will receive $$000; Paul of 1919 And James Stillman fighting tohi who brought about the son, ward the presidency of th Netlonal City, Draper,a youth 9rture, and James W. Dennis, undermining the position of Frank Vanwho gavb th first Information about Dalderllp. The birth of the boy, Guy Still- ton's whereabout sqd who started suit man, has not been publicly announced A Injunction against paying of th and th name has not been given a place for ftdl amount to Paul Drapar, wilt dlvld In the social register. th remaining $11,000. . - .. Baby Li Exhibited. MARY OUTCAULT WEDS. Mrs. Lda rides out in a eostly limouNEW YORK, March It. Mary Jan sine, calling on personal friends, exhibitOuti suit, known as "Mary Jan" ef th ing her baby, proudly to tome, carefully Butr Brown cartoon, wnhh her father, to other. The child s of course, Richard F. Outcault, created, was mardoe not reach, the soc Ini n.ine, ried today to F. F., register. nephew of And now James Stillman becomes a Genet a) lvrahln Th Pershing, took place power In Wall street. He wins the presi- In "the Little Church wddlng Around th CorMr. Perahlng is a former captain dency of the National City as Vanderllp ner, suddenly resigns. ha of th University ot Chicago football "Young Jim reached th apex of tile flnnnclal ambiteam and during th war he served In tion and has scaled the last height. France. , 1. It Scene Is the summer of and l;o Is siartled the society by 1240.000 BLAZE IN KANSAS CITY. publication of two letters anonymously, one In KANHA.4 CITY, March If Spread by to th other, exchanging term of response endear, a high wind, fire of unknown origin tomant. with phrases of th Vindin destroyed th plant of th Sonkn-(- I Interwoven. They r traced to th trll n night home and Mr Stillman admits they sasla mb Metal A Iron company of Kandamaged th llauber CoCity, have been stolen from hr. operative company factory and consumed James Stillman now starts secretly an eight houa. Ths lot waa estiaction for divorce, denying the paternity mated small at I? to b(0 For a time th fir of Uuy, a blonde bhv. and naming th threatened to extevd to other buildings. Apollo llehldere guide, Fred Beauvais, as coresiRindent. WOMAN KILLED AT CROSSING. Society I by the ear. What will Mr. Stillman do? Pl'EBtO, Colo. A arch II. Mr Jam harpnak of howler, O'lo as killed and her daughter, llaxsl, badly Injured this Wife Id Befriended. afternoon when their automobile was hit Many persons, high nd luw, Itu luffing by a Colorado A HouUisrn train at a croaa-lu- g A write snunymou Working Girl, a few mil east of Uvla Th, not to Mr Stillman. Many lawyers, women were on that way to' city. Clovis, N. reporters, women of th stage, chauffeurs. M , In a new car (hey had Just purchased. rl trl Accused of Embezzling. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Murch 19. George P. Johnson, former fiscal of the defunct Alfalfa A Cereal agent Milling company of Sioux Clly, was arreeled this afternoon. Johnson is charged with of $70,000 of funds belonging to the Alfalfa Cereal y He wag Indicted byMilling th March grand Jury, com-pen- Dead Prisoner Leaves Wealth. STOCKTON, Oh!. March 19 -- The Into th death of Amos J. McOscar of Fort Wayne. Ind, In a ll at th county Jail her last night will he po.t-n- r ed ontll the coroner can get In hJTrh with relative of th dead men, that of. firliil announced today f Meanwhile Mika Crlmmln. who waa lun'.nrd In lb same cell, la being held, end pcai officer say has confessed that be killed MoUacar became he bothered j&R l j rpO half-bree- Packing FEEL right,you must look right, , h fltlll-ma- kn , espe- - a day like Easter. cially so on ' To dress right, you must choose clothes that fit your personality as well as your build You must select clothes that give an instant impression of satisfaction that comes with quality materials and careful workmanship. - - , ? i - Kimball Clothes i Kincaid CFamous for fine (Tailoring I put you at ease, because you will find in these carefully tailored clothes double - in - built values that give mental satisfaction and physi7 cal comfort. Come in and let us dhow you the difference between our clothes and the ordinary kind. You'll like the prices also. Utah's Greatest Clothing Store Workers Earlier Hearing It vtf- Surely Youll Want to Wear Something New hue-ban- nr RENO, Ney , March 19. James H Neven, Nevada politician and mining man, was convicted, of manslaughter In connection with the death by shooting f Mrs. Etta Hanna, In the letter's apartments, here on th night of February I. Th case wss given to th Jury at 10 C$ oclock last night. On ballot was taken this morning and th Jury reported Its verdict, On the night Mrs. Hanna met her ?r.ath ,N.vn arrested for murder. March I. M. B. Moore, b,Fn chief counsel for th defense, at once began the preparation of a motion for a new trial, and announced that he would make application for 11 upon filing of the motion iale today. ( 20, '1921. KEARNS BUILDING Company 5ALT UKE CITY Weather Report - tot Easter who knows? be prepared. Better |