The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-20
By MARGARET DALE Special Dispatch to The Age Herald Copyright, 1929. by The Age Herald

Copyright, 1922, by The Age Herald
 Chicago, August 19.-The long, lean ing on that most sensitive nerve, the pocketbook, today Is said to have called a halt--tenporarltly at least - in plans for further international marriages in the Harold r. McCor- mick family.
 Although he says little, John D. is accustomed to being obeyed. He has not been able to stop the marriage of his former. son-in-law, now basking in the roseate light of romance with Ganna Walska, nor has he been able to put an end to the preparations for the marriage of his granddaugh- ter. Mathilde, to Max Oser, the Swiss riding master.
 But Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor- mick, daughter of the oil king, hesi- tates on the brink of her romance with Krenn, the youthful Austrian architect, who returned to this coun- try with her some several months ago. Mrs. Mccormick knows her father and his stern parental figure evidently has caused her to stop, look and listen.
 Wonders at Next Chapter
 However, the end of the McCor- micsh imbroglio is not yet in sight. Chicago is wondering what the next chapter is to be. Those who read tine signs in tn eair say that dark shad- ows gathering along the horizon, and faint rumbles of thunder in the blue, forecast dangerous storms ahead.
 The silence of old John D. In itself is ominous. He is not unmindful of the fragrant disobedience on the part of his heirs of his wish that his mo in p1a l. ready he is beginning to bring pres- sure 10 bear from unexpected quar- ters.
 It is an open secret in high finan- cial circles that it was Rockefeller interests which forced the resigna- ton of Harold F. Mccormick as pres ident of the International Harvester company and relegated him to a place of only nominal control on the board of directors. This was effected not directly, but by means of the banks from which the harvester com pany draws its loans.
 Drains Upon Fortune
 Settlement in January of his di- yorce from his former wife, Edith Rockefeller Mccormick, made further heavy drains upon the personal for tunes of MT. Mccormick. And now his sanction of the marriage of his daughter, Mathilde, and Max Oser, in defiance of the opposition of the girls mother and grandfather, John D. himself. adds Mathidle to his all ready unwie1dy expense account All though the rumor that Mathilde's marriage with the Swiss riding mas ter will cut her off from her share in the Rockefeller millions, has never been confirmed, it is generally un- derstood- that Edith Rockefeller Mc- Cormick is at present contributing nothing to the support of the daugh- | ter who has. defied her. Nor, more l over. has Mathilde, who is still a minor, as yet come into any sub- stantial bequests from the oil king's s fortunes.
 Mathilde, in popular parlance, is still on papa's hands.
 Mr. Mccormick, in the meanwhile, l Is touring Europe incognito with his | new bride, the beautiful Polish opera singer. playing the flattering role of her fourth husband. Expensive liti- l gation secured her a nasty divorce l from Alexander Cochran, once known as the worlds richest bachelor. Gave Ganna Millions | It has been stated that Mccormick gave Ganna upon their marriage a cash wedding. gift running into the
 
 purchasing princely estate as love nest for the pair. Reports, however are divided as to whether this Is to | be in Lake Forest or in Switzerland | If Mir. Mccormick finds 1t necessary to economize his fortunes he would not seem to be making steps in that | direction. How the European friends | of the family would regard sudden economy streak is problematical te say the least.
 | MT. Mccormick has also promised the fair Ganna, it is said, to make her the greatest opera star in the world. If America Is to be made the scene of her triumphs. snags would | quickly be encountered in the influ- ence of his. ex-wife. For five years MT. and Mrs. Mccormick were the I patron saints of opera in Chicago contributing more than $1.000,000 an. nually to support of the project. Mrs, Mccormick Powerful
 Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick's in i fluence with the present Chicago Opera company remains as potent as that of her former husband, and her l financial resources even greater 1 Also the fair Ganna has had one un- fortunate experience with opera in
 Chicago when two years ago Directo