The Ronan pioneer., 1917-11-09
MARRIAGE KEEPS
GIRL AMONG HUNS
FOREIGN TITLE MAKES MON
TANA DAUGHTER AN
"ALIEN" ENEMY.
American Young Women, Who Have
Married Austrian, German and
Bulgarian Noblemen, Now Find
That Matrimonial Alliances Have
Made Them Allies of U. S. Enemies.

Somewhere in Austria. in the heart
OF nation at war with her native
land, lives a daughter of the late
Marcus DAILY. wife of Count Anton
Sigray, who has held many positions
of Importance and trust in his ma
tive land, and in it's embassies
abroad. Marriage has made her an
"alien' enemy of her own country,
for the laws of America make the
citizenship of woman the same ma
tionality as that of her husband.
When the war commenced she and
the count were visiting at the DAILY
ranch in the Bitter Root valley, but
soon returned to Europe.
This Montana girl, who is a sister
of the wife Of former Ambassador
Gerard, to the court at Berlin, is but
one of many American girls, who
have we'd foreigners and who are now
living in strange land, whose peo-
pie are fighting the country of their
birth.
Two Weddings This Year.
Two such alliances were written
in the social history of the national
capital this year, when Miss Gather
inc Birney became the wife of Prince
Alfred Zu e-Schillingsfurst
at the Austrian embassy, and Miss
Catherine Britton was married to
Baron Wilhelm Won Schoen, former
secretary of the German embassy
When Baron Won Schoen married
Miss Catherine Birney he was trans
ferred to the German embassy in
Mexico City, where he ranks as Sec
retary. 1t was rumored at the time
that his promotion was due to the
fact that he had been stationed for
years in Japan, and was on unusually
friendly terms with the Japanese am
bassador in Mexico. Baroness Won
Schoen, who is sister of Mrs. Har-
old Walker of Washington, has lived
much of her life in Mexico, as Mr..
Walker has large interests there and
is manager of valuable turquois
mines owned by his father.
Vanderbilt Fights Brothel-in-Law.
Miss Agnes Carroll, of one of the
Oldest Virginia families, is MARI ID
to Count Anton Heussenstamm. The
daughter of the late John A. Stew
art is the wife of Count julius APP
ponyi, captain of hussars in 'he
Austrian army.
Then there is Countess Szechenyi,
formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. Her
husband is staff captain with Gen
eral Dankl in the Galacian region
where the Russians once planned tC
make the decisive drive of the war
Her brother, Cornelius Wander
bilt, is now with the Twenty-sec-
ond United States engineer corps pre-
pairing to do his bit against the coun-
try of his sisters adoption.
Miss Constance Hoyt is another
wealthy Washington girl married to
a German nobleman and a member
of the diplomatic corps, Baron Ferdi-
nand Won Stumm. The summer OF
1914 found Baroness Won Stumm in
Rome, where her husband was an
attache of the German embassy.
Many Other Expatriates.
Another marooned American in
Austria is the beautiful Countess
Xichq, who was Miss Mabel Wright
Nora Iselin, daughter of G.. Oliver
lselin, is now the Countess Collerdo-
Mansfield, whose husband held sec
retarial post at the Austrian embassy
at Rome.
Countess Hatzfeldt, who was mar
ried to Count Paul Hatzfeldt while
he was secretary of the German
embassy in Paris, was Miss Helen
Moulton, daughter of Col. and Mrs
Charles Moulton of Albany, N. Y.
Prince Hatzfeldt stood high with
Bismarck, but a time came when Bis
marck resented the Countess HAITI
feldt's intimate association with the
French, among whom she had spent
all her girlhood. He eventually told
the count that he would be unable to
employ him unless he gave up his
wife at the same time he promised
the count that if he secured a disso-
luton of his marriage, he, Bismarck
would care for his future and pro-
mote him to the highest offices
Count Hatzfeldt conferred with his
wife. They had no money and were
hopelessly in debt. The count di-
vorced his wife, but remained on
terms of warm friendship with her
Got Her Back Again.
Bismarck kept his promise. He
promoted the count from one impOr-
tana position to another. He be-
came in turn ambassador to Constan-
tinople, minister of foreign affairs
Berlin and ambassador at London
He was serving in London when Bis
marck retired from the chancellor
ship. Within few months after
ward the count, with the consent OF
the kaiser, quietly remarked his
American wife at Wiesbaden, En-,
press Frederick and several sisters OF
the emperor being present at the GER.
emony. The count died an ambassa
dor. Their son, now Prince Hatzfeldt
was counsellor of the German EN-.
bassy and charge d'affaires at Wash.
ington prior to the arrival of Count
Won Bernstorff when he was trans
ferred from Washington to Egypt.
Nine. Polieff, wife of DR.. George
Polieff, first secretary of the Bull
garian legation = Washington, be-
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