The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-03

five years, Americas greatest matri-
monial catch, a bachelor. Builder of
the cup defender Vanitie. Interna-
tional yachtsman and turf follower.
Harold F. Mccormick, president
of the International Harvester Com
pany, angel OF the Chicago Opera
Company. Adviser and close friend
of Nine. Walska. Sponsored her
engagement as prima donna Of the
opera, where her appearance in
"Zaza" was halted under mysterious
circumstances.
Mrs Edith Rockefeller Mccormick,
daughter Of ohm D Rockefeller, rich
est man in the world, wife Of Harold
F. Mccormick. Returned to the
United States last week after eight
and a half years at Zurich, Switzer-
land. Arrived on a ship ahead of her
. husband Said she did not know that
woman" meaning Nine. Walska.
Nine. ClotIlde Sakharoff, exotic
dancer, protege OF Mrs. Mccormick,
for whom Mr.. Mccormick arranged an
elaborate American debut at the Met.
ropolitan Opera House in the spring
of 1920. Said to be related to the
house of Hohenzollern.
No Mccormick Suit.
Mccormick denied through his rep.
resentative, Rodney Wyman, that a
divorce proceeding was contemplated
by Mrs. Mccormick or that there had
been any friction between them.
Mrs. Mccormick, in Chicago yester-
day, also denied there was any do
nestle trouble between herself and
her husband.
On behalf of Nine. Walska, Malone
denied she had at any time been un-
duly intimate with Mccormick. He
said she had the greatest respect for
Mccormick and the utmost gratitude
for his manifestations of friendship,
which included furthering her career
as a singer and advising her in her
present matrimonial situation.
1t was uncertain today just when
and in what form the Walska- Cochran
matrimonial drama would be pre-
sented in court. One of the reasons
for Nine. Walska's refusal to consider
her husbands overtpres for a French
divorce or to bring such action on her
own initiative was that no alimony Is
given In French divorce judgments un.
less 1t is included by express consent
Of both parties.
Rejected With Scorn.
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for
Cochran, was quoted as saying his
client would not make q lump sum
settlement, but only an allowance for
maintenance. A reliable report gave
the amount as $4,000 a year, which
was scornfully rejected.
Another reason why Nine. Walska
rejected her husbands overtures, it
is said, was that they were made after
he had warned her not to enter her
home at IA Rue de Lubbock, Paris.
Under French law she claims SO per
cent interest in that home. Malone
said:
Mime. walska is not pressed for
funds. She is wealthy. She got about
$3.50, 900 from the estate Of her second
husband, DIR. Fraenkel."
Nine. Walska is known to be in
censed at Cochran's action in remov.
ing $4,000 in furniture from her home
at Ninety fourth street and Park
avenue, this city. Friends of the
singer say that when Cochran moved
into this house, which had been the
home of DR.: Fraenkel, he objected to
seeing the furniture of his predecessor
about him.
Gave Things Away.
Nine. Walska gave the furniture
and fittings to relatives and friends
of DIR. F'raenkel. Then the house
was refurnished.
The recent repIevin action by Tn.
termyer, 1t is said. stripped the house
and made 1t uninhabitable until more
furniture was moved in.
Nine. Walska contrasted what she
termed the petty spite" of taking
the furniture with Cochran's lavish
ness in accepting losses amounting to
half a million dollars in buying and
selling foreign homes on a within and
on his generous expenditures upon
his racing stable and yachts.
Attacks on Nine. Walska's divorce
from Captain d'Eingorn have not
alarmed her. She did not feel
obliged to submit her divorce decree
in proceedings brought to contest
h will of her second husband, in.
stituted by his relatives.
1t Is said also in case this decree