Evening star., 1922-10-18
MRS. OGDEN MILLS
REPORTED .REWED
License Issued for Wander
bilt Stepdaughter to
Marry Sir Dukes.
BRIDEGROOM WAR HERO
Knighted for British Secret serv-
ice Work in Russia-Both Join
Spiritualist Cult.

By the Associated Press.
+ wv YORK, October 1S.-The re-
cent issuance Of a license at Nyack,
n. y, for the marriage of Mrs. Ogden
L. Mills. the former Margaret Ruth
erfofd, stepdaughter of the late Will
liam X. Vanderbilt. and Sir Paul
Dukes, British war hero, became
known last night.
Little could be learned of the
events that preceded the issuance OF
the license, beyond the fact that both
Mrs. Mills and Sir Dukes had for some
time resided at the Braeburn Club,
Nyack, the home of DIR. Pierre A. Ber-
nard, leader of spiritualistic cult.
whose followers call him "The Om-
nipotent Oom." DR.. Bernard last
night refused to be seen.
The license. which was issued Octo-
Der !, gives the name of the BRIDE
to-be as Margaret Stuyvesant Ruth
erford, daughter of Lewis Morris
Rutherford. and her age as thirty. 1t
Is set forth that the marriage to
Sir Dukes is to be her second and
that she procured a divorce in Paris.
Representative Ogden L. Mills, her
u,
documents. Sir Dukes residence Is
given as Nyack: his occupation is de-
clared to be that of lecturer, and his
age as thirty-three. His father, he
said, was the Rev. E. j. Dukes of
London.
Deepening Of Mystery.
Two notices published in yester-
days issue of q Nyack paper add to
the mystery. One, unostentatiousiy
placed. announces modestly that Sir
Dukes has gone to England for a
he will return for an, American lee
ture tour" The other modestly sets
forth that Mrs. Mills has left with
her sister. Mrs. Cyril Hatch Of Green
wich, Conn.,, for a months trip to the
west.
Dukes had sailed on the Berengaria
for London last Tuesday brought the
statement from steamship officials
that two reservations taken out in
these names had been Cancelled. 1t
later was reported that the honey
mooners had sailed on the Olympic
last Saturday.
Benjamin Haas. Nyack justice of
the peace, last night reluctantly ad-
mitted that he knew of the mar
riage of Sir Dukes, but refused to
announce when it occurred, OF to
whom.
Marriage Notice Not Filed.
No copy Of the marriage certificate,
officially decreeing the performance
of the ceremony, has been returned
to the county clerks Office. as re-
quired by law. 1t was pointed out.
however that this might be recorded
at any time within thirty days after
the marriage.
Mrs. Mills was married to Repre-
sentative Mills in France, where he
served as captain in the United States
Army. She later obtained a Paris
divorce. With her sister. Mrs. Hatch,
she received a large share of the
estate Of her stepfather. William K.
Mrs. Mills is said to have first met
Sir Dukes in Petrograd, where he
was serving his government in war
secret service work. He is reported
to have won his way into the conf
dence of the soviet officials, to have
worked in Russian munitions plant,
and even to have Joined the red army
in his work for the British secret
service. His successes were said to
have SO incensed the bolsheviki that
orders were given that he be shot on
sight. He escaped over the Lettish
border and returned to England,
where he was knighted for his work
in Russia. He came to the United
States last year to lecture, and
short time later was said to have
joined the spiritualistic cult at Nyack.