Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-01
JUDGE TO DECIDE
0SER'S ELIGIBILITY
Mrs. Mccormick Will Appeal II
Court Sanctions His Mar
riage to Mathilde
SAYS HE SEEKS FORTUNE
Isy the Associated Press

Chicsgo. June l.--Judicial !nvcsti-
CATION Of Max Oser's eligibility and
qualifications as husband for Mathildc
Mccormick is III" next step in tho in
trrnational romance OF conn u. Rork"-
f"ll"r'S seventeen year old grand
daughter and the friction between hcr
parents
Today Ma,hildc has a guardian who
- said 70 he ready to give his consent
t" her marriage to the Swiss horscman.
who was her riding master during hcr
girihood days in tn" Alps. Her father.
Harold +. Met tormirk. tltu|ar head Of
the international Harvester Company,
was accepted by his divorced wife rs a
suitable guardian for their daughter.
with one exception.
The horscman of Zurich is the cxc"p-
tion and Saturday Judge Henry Horncr.
OF the Probate Court. is expected to de-
eide whether Max : twenty seven years
seniority over the age of his prospective
bride and hiS comparative poverty fur
nISll sufficient grounds To grant an in
junction restraining Mr.. Mccormick
from giving his consent to tho intcrna
fional marriage.
Fears Mercenary Motives
NrS. f.NlIn ROCkN1pI'T N'IOrlnl"k.
Mathildc's mother. expressed the fear
that thcr" werc merrenary motives in
MaX's courtship Of her daughter. who
il heir to part Of the ltockcfelc-
millions as well aS some Of the Me-
Cormick wealth. The marriage. Mrs.
Mccormick said might subject Mathildo
TO the Vaccinations and intrigues of
designing persons.
The unusual. II not unprecedented
situation OF an injunction petition to
prevent an International marriage Of the
User. McCormick sort. will likely head
Mathildc's romance to n higher court.
Former Judge Charles $. Cutting.
counsel for Mrs. Met Iormick, intimatcl
as much if Judge Ilorncr stamps his
judicial 80. X" on Mr.. Mccormick
taci' approval Of the contemplated union
and denies the petition.
Al tho suggestion Of tho Court and
concurrence Of counsel who engaged in
II verbal tilt yesterday over the pcti-
tion. Mr. McCormick has agreed 20
withhold consent of the marriage. at
least until Saturday.
Judge Horncr yesterday ordered that
letters of guardianship be drawn up for
Mr.. Mccormick. under bonds of SO
600.
vi 'hITSf, lII'l' - kl'ul u'dl VI
evidence that cannot he presented at
the hearing June g.. Mr.. Cutting yes
tering told Judge Horncr "Much of ii
IL moi in Chicago We can only Sct up
what we have learned and if tho Court
decides il il serious enough to warrant,
the evidence can be presented later.
Says Mathilde Is a Minor
Judge Horncr read Mrs. McCormick's
petition carefully. 1t set up these
points:
Tha, Mn,hiIdc Is minor child. hav.
Ing reached her seventeenth birthday
only last month.
That Mrs. Mccormick believes that
the "Solc object" " seeking appoint
ment of guardian lis to permit him
70 give his consent. pursuant to the
requirements Of Swiss law. to the mar.
riage of Mathildc Mccormick ard one
Max Oser. citizen Of the confedera-
ton Of Switzerland. and not an Amer
lean CitiZen.'
Oser was declared by the answer to
be twenty seven and a half years older
than his young !ianCce. IA disparity in
ngc which renders II marriage between
them undesirable for reasons other and
more serious even that the divprsities
Of tast" and outlook which must follow
such differences in ages.
He was also declared to bo "wi'h-
out sufficient fuuiS e his own to ade-
quatoIy maintain and support Mat
hide. If he married her, the petition
adding that Oser desires primarily to
enter into such contemplated marriage
because that he believes IN SO doing lie
will secure large sums Of money and
financial gain
Mrs. Mccormick further declared that
her daughter, by marrying Oser, may
become the subject of mach nations and
!ntrigu"S Of designing persons. and
that if restrained by "lAck of consent
by her guardian until of full legal age
ii would hr greatly to the benefit of said
minor child and conducive to her future
happiness.
"Unheard. Of Proceeding"
Attorney Edwin II. Cass.l who rop-
roscntS Mr.. MrIormick. denounced tie
petition a, IAN unusual and unhcnrd 1t
proceeding. He argued that Mrs
Mccormick admitted her former huS-
band was fit and proper person 10 act
a. guardian. vet declined TO consent
without setting up sufficient reason.
The question Of marriage and SINH
lar personal relations is not in the same
."gal matterS, h" declared. "This
court ought not to interfere with the
guardian except under very grave cir
. CumStanCcS.'
''ThcS" hre grave circumstances. in.
trrrupt"d Attorney Cutting This girl
will lose her American citizenship that
alone j. sufficient. Then there i the
disparity IN agcS-wc viii discuss that
further when the time comes. This
girl il also the heir to millions. and
that is believed to influence Os"r"
MIR. 'asscll INTERCEPTED that il was
the first time he know that poyerry
Was mad" an objection In case like
this
Her" in America" he added, I'VE
believe il Is a cOmmendable thing for A
wealthy woman To marry poor man.
'ilz"nShIp and poverty surely are no
objections
Judge Elorner said ho agreed unal
lerablN' with that statement and added
that unless such grave circumstances
did arise, he would take no action.
II" then said the petition should no,
have been presented in the reply Of Mrs.
Mccormick 10 Mathildes original npDIi
cation, but should be- made in sepa
rate motion. which he set to be Learf
} June 3 The petition will be filed today
and Mr.. MC'ormck'S answer must be
filed by , o'clock Friday.
T. H. POWERS TO REWED
win Marry Grace Stevenson ir