The Washington times., 1922-07-26
BILLIE BURKE. i.
DENIES SHE IS
.,AFTERD|VORCE
mo Trouble Of Any Kind"
Actress Says Regarding Miss
MilIer's Charges.

YORK HARBoR, Me-. July 26.-,
The mystery over the reported mari
tai rift between Billie Burke. stag.
star, and her husband, .Florenz Zieg
field, jr'. as a result OF, the contro
yersy between Marilynn Miller and
ZieSfeid. deepened today when the
fun text Of the cablegram alleged to
have ben sent by ziegfeld to his
wife, was learned. o. .,
According to friends, 1t indicates
there had bsen differences between
the couple. This is the first time
the cablegram has been published In
full: =.
billie. darling, I am nearly insane.
For Gods sake cable me what IL ID
all about. I am not afraid Of the
truth, and i swear to God on any.
thing you name there Is nothing to
which you can take exception. Real.
he my position. Naturally peO-
pie try to get even with me by doing
what hurts you. have not hesi-
tated to tell the truth about people,
sBd have fought against what / con.
sidered; to my detrimept and theirs.
Ysu, ~ my wife. should stand with
me end not let my enemies accomplish
their hellish purpose, whatever II
may he. Walt until ! am proven
guilty. Trying. to finish my bust
ness here. VIII sail on first boat.
You sRd Patricia are all that mean
snything to me. BE fair. dearest.
Answer. FLO"
Miss Burke Denies Rift.
Despite the remarkable phraseology
OF the cableEYam, Miss Burke today
denied emphatically there Is rift
now. She said:
EMS. absolutely untrue. There is
no trouble of any kind. Mr.. zieg.
field is coming back to America, but
not because of anything that Miss
Miller may have said: I have no.
the slightest intention Of leaving
him"
Miss Miller, II viii be recalled,
made many pointed remarks about
intentions. which. she said, Zieg.
field attempted to force upon her.
declaring he invited her to CHAM
payne parties at various times 10
obtain her favor. She sharged that
he tried to bribe her to break her
engagement to Jack Pickford.
TO these charges, Miss Burke said
plaintiveiy
II don't know why Miss Miller
should say these things. I'm not
paying any attention tn them though.
As a matter Of fact. ! have not been
reading her statements In the Ia
pere,, and I am not well posted on
what she may have been saying"
Notwithstanding this den ],
friends of Miss Burke point to the
cablegram from her husband as In
dicatfng that II must have been dis
patched In answer to queries that
aroused in him the deepest anxiety.
Doesn't Know Miss Miller.
Miss Burke continued:
There IL no personal feeling be-
tween Miss Miller and myself, as far
as know anything about 4. I
don't even know her personally, and
I'm sure I've never done anything
that would cause her to say such
things about my husband.
But I certainly am not going
to ask for q divorce, no matter
what the papers say"
Be that as II may, rumors will
not down that Miss Burke sent a
lengthy cabiegram 10 her husband
asking just what there was TO
these charges Miss Miller has
voiced or about something she has
in mind. Miss Burke refused TO
say whether she had sent this
message, but the appeal from
Ziegfeid IL evidence, friends point
that. Miss Burke must have
cabled her husband relative to the
Miller charges or about something
else which brought the remarkable
message from Ziegfeld.
- Sa s,ueI Kingston. manager for
F1orenz Ziegfeld, jr., stated that
he had been advised by Billie
Burke that she had reconsidered
her determination TO meet her hus-
band abroad. He said:
Miss Burke will await Mr..
Ziegfeid here and has asked him
to come to York Harbor. Me-.
where she is sunmering. A great
deal has been made Of this matter
which. Is unwarranted by facts.
Only the most cordial relations exist
between Mr.. and Mrs. ZieRfeld.