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embankment. He firmly nailed the
carpet to the broomstick and IN
dulged in a few practice tagging
motions. He sat close to the site
of the missing chunk Of steel, not
having a timetable with him or
knowing which way the next train
would be going.
For two hours he remained guard
over the safety of the next train. A
toot from the east informed him that
the train was westbound, and he ran
down the track with nervous speed
to meet it. There were ninety-six
cars in the hurrying procession.
II wasn't Harold's fault that the
train did not happen to be de luxe
special. the Presidents or some
bodys. But the boy didn't lose in
terest when he saw it was freight.
He just waved and shook the carpet
as he sprinted along, shouting by
way of assistance. The engineer an
swered him with an iron-lunged
shrek from his whistle, but the boy
didn't talk the railway language, and
he continued 10 wave until the train
grated to a humping halt. nun
dred yards or more in front Of the
breach in the rails continuity.
EusiuAsa Wilcox climbed down
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Earl and Countess of Suffolk and
many other members Of the British
nobility.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCombs left Lon
don the next day for America, but
the talk OF Mr.. McCombs for AM
bassador to France received greater
impetus and it was reported that
Joseph Letter had given the bride
100000, which would make
certain that Mr.. McCombs would
take the Paris embassy. Mr.. Letter
at once denied this report, while
Mr.. McCombs said he would remain
in America and practice law. Later
he became candidate for the L. >.
Senate from New York. but was de-
feated by Senator Calder.
In April, 1915, it was definitely
stated that the couple had sepa-
rated. Mrs. McCombs went to the
country estate of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter at Mclean. Va, and
Mr.. McCombs started on a trip to
the Pacific Coast. Mr.. McCombs
at first issued formal denial Of the
separation and it was hoped that
their differences might be recon-
ciled. The divorce action was begun
in the autumn of 1916 in this state
and the divorce was granted early
in 1917. The papers were sealed,
but Mr.. McCombs said:
"The marriage was unhappy al
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The Superintendent

Superintendent Thwaites Of the
Erie and Pittsburgh Division Of the
New York Central was informed OF
the lads action in an official report.
He left Cleveland on a fast train
and came to the little Brown home
stead. He told the boy what he
thought of him and made a few pre-
dictions as 10 the lads future. Then
he took him back to Cleveland and
bought him a dinner in a swell
hotel, with napkins. They went
sightseeing, seeing all that Cleve-
land had to show, anyway, and then
had some more dinner.
The boy meanwhile, through the
motor ride and the dinners, kept in
sisting that he hadn't done anything
that arvbody else living near a rail
road all his life wouldn't do. He
wanted to know where everybody
got Of making ~ this tusA
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Princesse antoine Albert
Rudsi,riU

her sister were extremely popular
and two Of the recognized beauties
Of Washington society. Her sister
married Joseph Letter. Dorothy was
a close friend of Helen Taft. They
were equally fond of dancing and
we're the leading spirits in many
brilliant affairs while Mr.. Taft was
President. She was twice reported
engaged, once to Captain Archibald
Butt, who was lost on the Titanic,
and again to Representative Glllett,
but prior to her marriage her name
had never been connected with that
Of Mr.. McCombs.
The wedding took place in London
November Z, 1913. Nh McCombs,
who was at that time chairman Of
the Democratic National Committee
and had managed Mr.. Wilson's first
campaign for the Presidency, had
been in England and on the Con-
tinent for several weeks. He had re-
Gently undergone in France an oper-
alton for appendicitis and was being
talked about for the second time as
the probable successor to Ambassa-
dor Herrick in Paris, place Mr..
McCombs had refused the first time
on the ground that it was too ex-
pensive. Miss Williams arrived in
London only a couple of days before
the wedding, and 1t was said that
she was going on trip around the
world with her sister and brother-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter, on
their yacht, the Niagara.
The marriage was great sur
prise to all their friends. Mr..
McCombs kept his affairs so closely
to himself that even President Will
son had not been informed The
ceremony was performed by Father
/ Vaughan in the chapel of st. Peter
and st. Edward and there was a
wedding breakfast afterward at the
Ritz Hotel. Although surprise,
the wedding was a brilliant affair.
Colonel and Mrs. Williams, the
father and mother of the bride,
were at the church and among
others present were Walter Hines
Page, the American Ambassador to
England, and Mrs. Page; Myron T.
Herrick, Ambassador to France,
and Mrs. Herrick; Lord Bryce, the
Earl and Countess of Craven, the
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Duchess ron Mccklcnburg.
.Sci,werin

recognize the marriage. In 1913 a
summons was taken out by the
curator Of the Duke. under whose
tutelace tho young noble had been
placed. TO show cause why the mar
r!age should not be set aside \
special court sitting at Rostock de-
ciared the marriage null and void
ON the ground that the Dukes guar
dian had not given his consent.
The next year the Comtosse brought
proceedings before the divorce
court in London to have her mar
rage declared valid, but Sir Samuel
Evans. the president Of the court,
ruled that the court had no juris-
diction and dismissed the petition.
In the meantime the Dukes castle
on an island between the Schweriner
See and the Burg See was destroyed
by fire and the Comtesse proceeded
70 rebuild it at great expense. 1t
was rumored after this that the
Dukes family would become recon-
clcd TO the marriage. but the Kaiser
remained as firmly opposed as ever.
In 1913 the Comtesse became IN
volved in litigation over the property
left by her first husband. Her three
children by that marriage were op-
posed to her in these proceedings
and she lost more than S250,OOO and
large interest in property in New
York City valued at more than
100000. the decision against her
being given by the Court Of APP
peals.
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.HE third reader, or per-
haps it was the second, con-
- tanned a story about a boy

haps it was the second, con-
tanned a story about boy
who saw a piece of rail-
road track missing and waved the
best family blanket in front Of the
roads most hurried flyer. The boy,
as the story goes, received all the
loose change and odds and ends in
tie pockets of the passengers, in
addition to numerous business cards
giving addresses at which to call
for a fine job.
Maybe Harold Brown, twelve
years old, of Chittenden, Ohio,
read of the third reader and the
yarn about the boy and the red
blanket and he, too, visualized h'nl-
self as the modest hero. Tie may
have been thinking of this VIXEN he
stumbled onto a vacant place in the
rails, on q forty-foot embankment'
A horse was missing from the
Brown farm and Harold and his
father went searching for it. The
Ohio topography at this point is
covered with close-growing shrubs
and the boy went along the rail
road embankment thinking this the
best means Of catching a glimpse
|al ~ uai1Gias bona Fhich Xas A.
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Took Six Years

In the famous case of Comte Bonn
de Castellane against Anna Gould
six years elapsed between the filing
of the petition and the final decision
Of the Tribunal Of the Rota declaring
the marriage valid and the Comte in
eligible to remarry under the laws
of the Church. Meantime Anna
Gould had been for seven years the
wife of the Duke de Talleyrand-
Perigord.
This is the most famous case that
has come before the papal courts
in which an American was interest
ed. Anna Gould, daughter Of the
late Jay Gould, was married TO the
Comte Boni de Castellane, whose
title went back only to the Empire,
in Paris in 1895. There were three
children from the marriage, and in
1906 Anna Gould obtained a divorce
from de Castellane on the ground
Of cruelty and married the Prince
de Sagan two years later. Through
he death of his father the Prince de
Sagan became the Duke de Talley-
rand Perigord. There was one child
from this marriage, a son, born in
1909.
In 1909 de Castellane applied to
the Vatican for the annulment OF
his marriage to Anna Gould. He al
legged that at the time Of the mar
riage she had declared that she
would not be bound by the ceremony,
but would ask for a divorce when
ever she wanted it. The case came
before the Tribunal of the Rota and
was bitterly fought by both sides. In
lthA 6xxt hsaxias ~ doeidpa NJ
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Youngest OF Three

The princesse Antoine Albert Rad
twill was formerly Miss Dorothy
Parker Deacon, of Boston, Newport
and Rome. She was the youngest Vi
three beautiful sisters whose HE
was Swallowed by the tragedy OF
their father. Edward Parker Dea-
ron of Boston. Mr.. Deacon had said
no would never marry, but when
forty years old he succumbed 10
the charms of Miss Florence Bald
win. daughter of Rear Admlral
Charles Baldwin, Of Boston. After
the wedding they went to live IN
Paris. where Mr.. Deacon developed
an exceedingly jealous disposition.
In the winter of 1892 the Deacons
yent IN the Riviera and in February
of that wear were at the Hotel
Sn,endide in Cannes. Emile Abeiile'
we'll known French racing man.
was also in Cannes at that time' ano
Nv Deacon frequently complained to
h;s wife of her friendship with the
sallow and pock-marked man VINO
u,os known as the yellow Dwarf.
4, the night of February IL ne
t,lled Abeille, alleging that ne was
in Mrs. Deacon's room at TOO ia'e
an hour.
A. +be trial in Nice Mr.. Deacon
was found guilty, but on account %
the circumstances was sentenced u
only a year in prison. Mrs. Deacon
denied all the charges against mel
Of an intrigue with Abeille and made
the counter charge that on the nigh'
~ the killing her husband was un
dor the influence Of drugs or alcohoi
Wben he was released from prison
Nv Deacon obtained divorce witt
the custody of the children; but
Dorothy. who was then IN a con
vent was kidnapped by her mother
and taken to Rome. Mrs. Deacon re
xumed her maiden name after th'
divorce and was known as MRS
Baldwin. She died In Italy in 1913
Mr.. Deacon returned to thi'
country with the other children
Soon afterwa~d he began to &C
strangely and finally his mind be
came so seriously affected that NJ
was placed in an asylum at Waveriy
Mass, where he died In 1901
pecsthz Qasena - &apS&a O.
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IMMINENT in the Roman
Catholic Church is a diff
cult matter, and most Amer


lean women who want TO he
released from their marital vows are
content with the processes of the
courts rather than wait on the tedi-
Gus routine of the Vatican. Occa-
sionally. however, there arises a
case in which one party or the other
is not TO be satisfied until every au-
thority having or claiming jurisdic-
ton over the marriage has pro-
nounced upon it. Again, there are
cases in which only the Church will
or can act. Then the tribunals of
the Vatican are called upon.
Three of the rare cases in which
the Church has been asked to dis
solve a marriage have recently been
taken 10 Rome, and in all three Of
them American women are con-
cerned, two as applicants for the
dissolution of the marriage and one
as defendant. The two who have
asked 70 be freed from unwelcome
husbands are Mrs. Dorothy Nc
Combs, of Washington, and the
Princesse Antoine Albert Radziwill.
The defendant against the petition
al her husband is the Comtesse de
Cas1uet-James, whom Duke Helm
rich Borwin Of Mecklenburg =
Schwerin is seeking to divorce.
The last case before these in
which the Church was asked to ad-
Indicate was also one in which an
American woman was concerned. 1t
was the de Castellane- Gould case. in
which the Comte Boni de Castel-
lane asked the Church to declare null
his marriage 20 Anna Gould, daugh-
ter Of the late Jay Gould. who had
already divorced him in the French
civil courts. This case was finally
decided in the middle Of the war. II
1915. by refusal TO annul the
marriage.
Doubtless the duration OF the wal
las had something TO do with the IN
activity OF the Vatican courts. The
Pope and is cabinet have been kept
uusv since 1914 with the problems
Of the war and the various attempts
~ Intervention. There has beer
little time TO give to routine
business. But it is considered re
markablo that the return OF tn
Vatican to the ways and days O.
Deace should be signaled by three
publications for annulment Of mar
rage, in all Of which American WON
n are concerned, and that in two o
ne last four marriage cases u
come before the tribunals OF tn
Church American women should D.
the petitioners, while in the otne
two American women were de1eno
ants. and three of the cases were ex
amples of the marriage of American
women to titled foreigners.
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Only the Pope Can Grant
the Annulment They
Seek

in Rome, where her beauty imme-
diately attracted great attention,
and for 'everal years she was much
sought after socially in all the
European capitals ard London. In
1910 her engagement to Prince
Antoine Albert Radziwill was ru-
mored, but it Immediately became
known that there was great oppo-
sition to the marriage on the part
Of the young Princes mother.
Prince Antoine was at that time
twenty-four years old and although
the prospective heir to great estates
in Poland, one of which was as
large as half Of France, and
fortune of $6O,00O,00O, had no in
come of his own, but was depend
ent on his mother, who made
her home in Rome, and was
leader Of Roman society. Dorothy
Deacon had beauty but no money.
The obstacles seemed insuperable,
especially when the Princesse Radzi-
will added to her other objections
that Prince George, Prince Antoine's
father, was insane and confined in
an asylum in Austria. The simplest
eugenics, she said, would forbid the
marriage. Prince George was
afflicted with homicidal mania and
had already killed two men and
wounded several others.
Princesse Radziwill's influence was
able to prevent a marriage in Rome,
but the young people went to Lon
don. and the wedding was announced
for June .. 1910. The Princesse,
however, did not cease her efforts to
prevent the marriage. She inter
coded with the Catholic authorities
in England. and when that was
/ fruitless. as there were no legal OBJ
stacles to the wedding, applied to
the Pope to forbid the ceremony.
She was again unsuccessful, and the
wedding took place July 5, 1910, at
st. Marys, Cadogan Place. Nine.
de Halphert, the Princes aunt,
braved her sisters disapproval and
graced the ceremony with her pres
ence, but otherwise the marriage
was chiefly notable for the dissen-
sions that surrounded it.
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clare q marriage nun GNU '
for reasons that existed prior to
the ceremony. 1t will declare that
there never was a marriage because
Of the impediments named, but IL
will not dissolve marriage
because of reasons that have arisen
after the ceremony. AS explained
by Father John ]. Wynne, OF the
Catholic Encyclopedia:
The whole matter revolves
around the doctrine of intention.
There is no sacrament where there
is not the intention. Marriage be-
ing the only sacrament performed
by the recipients themselves, with
the priest merely acting as witness
the intention of the two who are
to be married is the one that counts
If their intention is to receive the
sacrament in the spirit OF the
Church the marriage is binding for
ever. If their intention IS merely
to 90 through a ceremony for the
sake of worldly considerations OF
one sort or another there is. IN fact,
no sacrament and. according TO
canon law, no marriage.
"There is no doubt that the
Church Of Rome uphclds the oOserv-
ance of canon law as strictly, as
unfalteringly, now as ever. Ihere
is no power on earth, neither money
nor worldly position. that IS al
lowed to sway the ancient rules.
The procedure of the Church in
declaring a n.arr' &c invalid is long
and tedious. TIE case comes before
the Tribunal Of the kota, the ancient
tribunal established in the thirteenth
century TO hear the cases coming
under the jurisdiction Of the tenn
moral authority Of the Pope. But as
the Papacy was gradually shorn Of
temporal authority, 50 the Tribunal
If the Rota was allowed to pass out
~ existence. II was established
again. however, in 1908, by Pope Plus
X. Originally there were twelve
members Of the court. and 1t took It's
name from the circular form IN
which their seats were placed. As
reestablished by Plus X there are
nine members, called auditors, and
the president Of the body IS car
dinal. The other members need only
he priests and not prelates of the
/ Church, and their necessary quail
fcation is a mastery If the canon
law.
Marriage cases coming before the
Tribunal Of the Rota must be heard
three times, with three different
Judges sitting each time, so that IN
the end all the auditors Of the court
have passed judgment on the case
and three or more years have passed
between the first hearing and the
last. If at two of the hearings the
decision has been against the petl-
toner, that is the final judgment OF
the court. If at two Of the hearings
the judgment has been favorable to
the petitioner he wins his suit.
Even that is not the end. After
the final decision has been rendered
year elapses before the decision
goes into effect to allow time for an
appeal. An appeal can be taken to
the Tribunal of the Signature, which
is the Supreme Court of the Vatican.
From the Signature decision no ap-
peal can be taken. The case is at
last ended, and in marriage case
decree Of invaldation may be
issued and become final six or seven
years after the petition is first
brought.
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FOrty.tOur Dances!

The young couple went at once to
the Princes Polish estates and not
until 1911 were they forgiven by
the Princes mother and able to take
a position in Roman society, but
after that they we're extremely popu-
lar not only in Rome but in all the
European capitals. The young
Princesse performed not few feats
that brought her a great deal Of
publicity. On one occasion, at ball
in Rome, in 1912, she went through
forty-four dances between 10 p. m.
and 8 a. M, attended a tea the next
afternoon and announced herself as
ready to repeat the dancing perform
ance that night.
Her most amazing feat, however,
WAS at another ball in Rome, in 1913.
On that occasion she entered the
crowded ballroom seated in an an
Gent Roman chariot decorated with
flowers and Illuminated with cleo
tricity. 1t was drawn by team OF
prancing horses which the Prlncesse
drove with one hand while with the
ether she led hon and leopard
chained together. Despite the at
tendance of a lion tanner armed with
whip and a revolver, the Wild
boasts were very FESTIVE and caused
the frightened horses to shy several
times while the alarmed guests
crowded around the doorways ready
to seek safety in flight.
After a great deal Of difficulty
the Princesse managed to drive the
chariot to the center of the room.
The tanner kept the beasts under
control. but the guests were re-
ouested not to applaud lest the anil
mails get out of hand through a
manic. With equal difficulty the
Princesse left the room with her
dangerous escort. A few days later
the lion seriously clawed a child, the
daughter of an Argentine diplomat,
in the zoo in Rome.
The Radziwills were in Poland at
the beginning of the war, but when
the Bolsheviki gained control Of the
Russian government they promptly
seized the estates Of Prince Radzi-
will, and the young Princesse, almost
penniless, was obliged to seek asylum
with her mother in Rome. Prince
Radziwill was one Of the Polish dele
gates who went to the German Great
Headquarters in August, 1918, to
nresent to the Kaiser the Polish
claims for independence.
! Princesse Radziwill has now asked
for the annulment Of her marriage
on the ground that she was forced
into it.
Washington Beauties
Mrs. Dorothy McCombs is the
daughter Of Colonel and Mr.. ]. e.
4 WIlHauA e XAahiastM 81 I'D
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A Famous Case Was the
Appeal Made by Anna
Gould

against de Castellane. The second
hearing awarded him the decree, but
on the third hearing he again lost,
and remains the husband Of Anna
Gould in the eyes Of the Church. The
first decision was rendered in 1918.
the second in 1914, and the last one
in 1915.
The Church holds three different
attitudes toward the two husbands
Of Anna Gould and Anna herself.
Comte Boni de Castellane, according
TO the Church, as a good Catholic is
the husband Of Anna Gould. He
cannot marry again without commit
ting a sin, and if he did remarry the
Church would not recognize the
marriage.
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Harold WaveS a Red Flag

from his cab, saw the missing piece
Of track and thanked the boy. Con-
ductor Gault said agreeable things
and his eyes moistened a little.
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Mrs. Dorothy McCombs

most from the beginning. | can
say no more than that
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w. o. /. from some strenuous labor.
For almost a mile he scrambled
along the track, looking vainly for
the missing Brown livestock. He
tried walking on one of the rails.
Suddenly he encountered nothing
when he put one of his feet for
ward. He looked and saw that
about eighteen inches of the rail
was missing, gone as clearly as If
some giant with an appetite for
steel had taken a hungry bite.
Let the Horse Go
The boy looked down the forty
foot embankment and then he looked
I'D and down the track. AS far as
he was concerned from then on the
Brown horse was permanently miss
ing. Presumably he took a deep
breath and started on run to his
home. Everybody was outside at
work, and he rummaged around in
the house for something red, GRIM
son. cerise or blood-colored. He
found a piece of carpet which his
mother had bought. He gathered up
\ broomstick. hammer and some
nails and started back for the gap
in the track.
No train had come. He saw that
|hY looking q the bottom ~ ~