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SIR PAUL D fJKES, WARIEST OF WORLD WAR SPIES,
TRAPPED BY CUPID IN HAUNTS OF LOVE CULT
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British Veteran Affected Most Remarkably
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Disguises and Was Considered Among
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Disciple of Oom the Omnip
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ME T IN PE TROGRAD,
KEPT LOVE SEC RE T
Writer Did Notable Werk
While in Russian Army
and Wen His Title
WHEN Mrs. Darius Ogden Mills waged her famous war for social
" supremacy with Mrs. Jehn R. Drexel and tightened the boundaries of
the "exclusives," narrowing them from the. Four Hundred of Mrs. Aster's
day te only 150, she little thought that her quest for foreign titles te
support her claims weuM lead through the rather unsavory cult of Oom
the Omnipotent, the -Leving Guru of the Tantriks.
Oom wasn't christened Oom. He invented that name and he
kventcd his mystic psychic cult and he invented'a let of ceremonies that
Anally resulted in his leaving New Yerk and settling in Nyack.
And that a where Airs. Mills comes
in. That is, the elder Mrs. Mills
doesn't, but her former daughter-in-law,
Margaret Kutherfurd Mills,
living near Nyack, came under the
sway of Dr. "Oom" Pierre Bernard
and joined his cult and there she
met Sir Paul Dukes, also a convert,
and new they arc married.
It is easy te understand hew a
society woman might become bored
by the constant round of monotonous
functions and seek some mental re
lief in such a cult as Oom's. But Sir
Paul doesn't strike' the observer as
the kind of man te fellow blindly
Inte such paths. He is 'a war here
one of the most daring and reck
less spies in the British intelligence
service, with a price en his head if
he ever returns te Russia; and he'
knows hew te put upwwlth inconven
iences until he gets what he wants.
Mrs. Mills, the younger, and Sir
Paul met in Petrogred, and there
are these who say that Sir Paul
made up his mind then and there
that she was the woman he Wanted.
But his work for the British Gov
ernment was net yet done and his
everyday life was still fraught with
the pleasant possibility of being
ended any moment by the bullet of
an enemy.
With his work completed, how
ever, he lest no time in hurrying
te this country. Ostensibly it was
te make a lecture tour. Really it
was te seek out the American
woman who had made such an im
pression en him in the midst of
the dangers of war.
Mystic Cult Ensnares
Lever Frem Overseas
Sir Paul, tee, settled in Nyack,
and very naturally, when he found
thnt Mrs. Mills wns wrapped heart
and soul in the mystic cult of Oom
the Omnipotent, he joined.
'I hey kept their love affair very
lecrct. Their friends knew that
they were a great deal together, but
there were no rumors of an impend
ing marriage. In fact, the ceremony
had been performed and they were
away en their honeymoon before the
iecrct leaked out.
Even the passengers en the ship
which they took te Europe did net
knew they were aboard. They kept
very much te themselves, had their
menls in their stateroom and were
surprised, en disembarking in Eng
land, te find that the announcement
of their niarringe had been cabled
cress ahead of hem.
They nre spending their honey
moon with the bride's mother, Mrs.
W. K. Vandcrhilt, in Paris. But
they announce definitely that they
will return and mnke their home in
America.
"Mrs. Vnnderbllt la pimply overjoyed
r our marriage," said Sir Paul when
learned it wns known. "She wants
te live with her Jn Paris, but I
we decided te mnke my home in the
United States and my wife and I have
ecepted Mrs. Vnnderbllt' invitation
olive In her New Tork house.
I love the American people. They
we been wonderful te me. Soen we
ill visit F.nglsud and then go for some
days in the s-euth of France. We
U1 prebahly return te New Yerk the
wet of next your. After that my wife
Jill accompany me en an extensive lec
ture tour'
Sir Paul expects te devote his time in
araerlca te lecturing en Russia nnd
tlnl tepi, and te writing.
May Duke expects te assist her litis
nd in liis writing.
A nioterhnat which Sir Paul had at
yncK, rv. last summer was a fuc
w In the romance which 1ml te bis
uauen and secret mnrrlnge two weeks
e. he wild.
E'l met my wife at the home of some
ends 1 wns visiting," the author nnd
B.,jirer. h1i(, "wp arranged te marry.
Suddenly I derided te ceme te England,
as my wife wonted te accompany
mh we Hiiirrled quietly at Nyack
" sailed en the Berengnrln, expecting
w make a formal announcement of the
arrlage when we reached Paris.
. i cannot understand hew It became
"own, as every one who knew was
worn te secrecy."
SL"1, Jv,m w" ''"d e' tbe British
5" Service in Russia in the early
"W of theBevlet regime, said he was
:ir."' " n reun .
"nenine and Trotsky still regard
as among their worst enemies and have
premised te make any ene who kills me
comfortable for life," he said.
Mrs. Mills? First Venture
In Marriage Was Abroad
This is the bride's second mere or
less unconventional marriage. The
first, when she became the wife of
Ogden Livingston Mills, occurred In
a little town In France, but It was
made n notable occasion by the pres
ence of the cider Mr. and Mrs. Mills
nnd the then American Ambassador te
England, Whitelnw Rcid, besides some
of the relntivcs of the bride and groom,
whose family trees branched into the
best-known American families.
The scene of that first marriage
was se quaint, with its contrast of the
richest and most lavishly bejeweled
and gowned women and the simplest
nnd plainest peasant surroundings,
that It was a nine days' wonder and
quite the social sensation of 1011. A
man who was present then wrote heme:
"The Mafrie at Vauvllle, where Miss
Margaret Ruthcrfurd and Ogden L.
Mills were married by civil process en
Wednesday, is a quaint old place. The
town hall consists of only one room in
a peasant's house, which is used as
a dining room when no municipal busi
ness is te be transacted. The room's
fleer is of red tiles. It contains book
cases filled with law books, a large
oblong, green-covered center table and
plain white weed chairs with straw
seats. The peasant's kitchen Is across
the hall.
"Tim house Ved te be the rectory of
a thirteenth-century church which hna
had no priest Blnce the separation of
Church and State. A vine-clad por
tico covers the entrance te the house.
The path had been swept clean for
the wedding and a fresh coat of gray
paint given the deer. '
"Acress the read, en a wall, wns
posted ii notice written en stamped of
ficial miner:
" 'There Is a premise of marriage be- i
tween .Mills. Ogden Livingston, law- '
yer, redding in New Yerk, Ne. 1! F.ast
Sixty-ninth Mrect, nationality, Amcr
Ichii, eldest son of Ogden Mills nnd
Ruth Tiny Livingston, nnd Mademoi
selle RutherfurU. Margaret tituyvesnnt,
without profession, residing in Paris,
Ne. 10 Rue Leroux, nationality, Amer
ican, miner daughter of deceased Lewie
Merris Rutherfurd and Anna Harri
man Vanderbllt, residing In Paris, Ne.
10 Rue Leroux.
" 'Published at Vauvllle, September
1, 1011.
" 'THE! MAYOR.
(Signed) DB LAUNAY.'
"This document, required by the
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had given her a fund of $200,000 te
outdo Mrs. Mills In the lnvlshness of
her entertainments,
Mrs. Drexel wns looked upon ns n
liberal In society nnd wanted te ndmlt
a let of people outside of Mrs. Aster's
famous Four Hundred. Mrs. Alills wns
ultra-censenatlve and believed that the
Four Hundred should tic cut down te
ISO at the really exclusive affairs.
Most se-called authorities en society
matters at that time ngreed that Mrs.
Mills wen. The first time she drew the
list te IfiO wns Juvt before she sailed
for L'urepc for the mnrrlnge of her son
and the then Miss Rutherford. The
complete list wns net published, but
only in this very select circle and she i try, nnd Duke, who had been knighted,
foen took her place as one of the most nunc here, tee, nnd they entered the ,
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American MX'lety
Then enmc the war with Its leveling
of rnnks and she went Inte Red Cress
work. Her present luislmntl had net then
been knighted mill wns a plnln Mr.,
the ten of a Ilrltish clergyman whei
certainly would net have been Included'
In the elder Mrs, Mills' ir.0. I
He did Y. M. C A. work everseas1
And new they nie mnrtled.
Sir Paul Adventurer ?
of the Thrilling Type
Sir Pnul is lenlly the kind of man
whom' any author would he glad te use
es a model for the ln-ie of a genulne rf
thrilling adventure tale. I'.y s-pccinl r
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and then entered the dnngcreus Secret mv off , I.,lvwnnJ , ' ," w,n tf
Scn'lcc and became head of the Husslnu
section. That's when he nnd Mrs. Mills
first met, but tlicie wns no gossip about
I u remnnep between them.
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Sir Paul Dnkes as he appeared when
doing valuable espionage work dur
ing the war
Trench law, was the only visible evi
dence thnt a marriage uniting two se
impertnnt New Yerk families was te
take place in a few minutes.
"At last the tooting of an automo
bile horn announced the nrrlvnl of the
wedding party from the Chateau de !
(Jucsiiay, one of the French estates
owned by William K. Vanderbllt, Sr.
Vauville hensts of 17V inhabitants. The
nrrlvnl of the wedding pnrty nearly '
doubled the population, for while the ,
guests were few their servants were .
very many.
"It remained for young Ogden Mills,
the lawyer, te learn thnt the French
law does net permit husband and wife I
both te be witnesses at the snine wed- I
ding, se Lndy fSrnnnrd, the bride- i
groom's sister, yielded her place and it I
wiih necessary te find uiinther wit- I
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"Mr. Vanderbllt hurried away in au
automobile te Treuvllle, ten miles dis
tant, te feteli a witness. During the
wait thnt followed, the bridal party,
seated In the straw-bottomed chairs, of
fered n curious contrast te the sim
plicity of their surroundings.
"Mr. Vnnderbllt returned flnallr.
ringing Mr. and Mrs. Whitelnw Reld
Tim American Ambassador at Londen
nun KUliniiuTI'U llll nWl'lilllUlO WltllesS,
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One of the disguises used by Sir Paul while he wns in the
Russian Army. He was then thought te be one of the
"reddest" Reds In the realm
se the ceremony begun.'
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Just before sailing en the honeymoon.
Bride of noted author and former British spy snapped at
the wharf
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will Mil Iiiim in, i.uesiaii territory. Sev
lie must lime done some I'mitleulnrly -geed
weil; for ,1H Cevet nment te be se'
honored. -
The former Secret Serbice elilef. who'
Is still jn I,;., c!,,-v tliiitlcs, is interim-
tlennll.v Known ns a jeuiiiiilii-t and cle-
tcrlptne writer, havinj: I n a special"
correspondent of the Louden Times. Ile
i Is admitted In diplomatic circles te be a
j foremost authority en Kuivin.
! 'l'hii jeiinger s f ., dMingulsheil .
Lnglih fiimiiy, he spt,it his carly years
In Uus-sia, as the ic-iilt of which he
net only Rimed te upeak and write''
Russian tluently, but also acquired nn v
.intimate Knowledge of every phase of
Russian life.
After his graduation freir college he '
studied niuiic ut tin- Petrugrnd Cen- -
1 servalery, nnd eventually beenrae ns- '
sistant te the director nf the Imperial -Mar'nsKj
fipera. At I lie same time lie
continued his stnd.es in political tei-
dice nnd cinnemlcs anil wiete ctten-
slvely for nvspaiiers ami imnjnzlneK.
In J!)M Sir I'.in I Uukes icceiveil mm
appointment en the Angle-Riissiiin
I Commission, anl while thus engaged
was repeatedly lemmended for his effi
cient work. Having been Identified
with the Kusnn progressives, be toelc
n prominent part in the ievojriennry
movement of JIJ17. which ended in the
establishment of a republican form of
government under KercnsKy.
In 11)18. nfter the downfall of the
Kercnslsy government nnd the ndvent
of the Bolshevik regime under Lenlne
and Tretzky, Sir Paul became asse
ciated with the American Y. M. 0. A.
i with which he ee operated In Moscow,
I retregrnd and ether eitie. When the 4 4
Uelshcviltl expelled this organization,;
he went te Knglnnd and volunteered for
Secret Service work under the British e
C'evernment. lie was sent te Arch
angel, and while theie Captain Crom Crem
ble, BiitMi n.iv.il and intelligeiiee elB-
cer, was muideied by the Keils nt the
British I'mhnv In I'etregrnd. Sir rf
l'uiil at one" e'leicd te cuter Kus'.-du
secretl.v with thi object of ceuiiniiing
'lie defeased iitln or vveiK. Uisgulsed,
ns a Itus-ian weikmnn and at the ilsk"
(if Ills life, lie pased at n usr'it through-1
the Belshevil; lines at an obscure point
en the FIiiui-li front nr. Mituii miles '
fi en. Petregni'l lJei ite Ins precal-,,
liens, he w is .li.reveied hv the Riisian
guards, who timl upon iiim, nmi utter '
an e.citing jursuit he managed te es
cape by tal.ing icfuge in a cemetery iind'-
hiding In a tomb. The next day he
reached Pctregrud.
Walked Among Belshevlki
and Was Never Trapped
Thereafter Sir Paul had a series of
thrilling adventures. 1'er ten months
he lived In Petrograd and Moscow un
der various pit! .cs while he penetrated
the innermost circles of the Belshevikiti
nnd gathered Information of the highest"v
value. Often he was hard pressed by
Bolshevik spies. Te avert suspicion be
obtained a position in a munitien fac
tory, enrned promotion and enjoyed the
ronfidence et the Soviet authorities.
When nt last n draft was made, he was
forced te enlist lis the Bed army nnd
was stationed with an infantry regi
ment near Petrograd.
blr Pnul gives a remarkable account
of life in the BeKhcvik army, Its fie
quent lack of rations ami the summary
measures ciplevcd in extorting feed
fiem the pe.is.tnn. ', vv nf the men, hi
says, enuld ie.nl or write, a newspaper
wan a larltv, ninl the pnud'ial diver
sion of the tpnips was in listen te the
nnnrehlstie siienbes if Ku agitators,
In ennfennity w ill I'nl-lii ii; Menu, tlm
officers were ,ii liessed as "( 'emraili
Commander," ud 'hej, in tin n . ad
dres( 1 i'ic nn ii is "Cnu.ridis "
"The must Jnurible phase of life un
der Bolshevik mle." Sir I'aul sn.vs, "in
the absence of all lihert) of thought,
word or deed Net only can no news
pspers appear ecefit the BeIhIicvIIi
j urnnls. but it is dangerous even in
the street or en a tr.iri ti exptesa
an opinion centinrv te Bn'sln-vlk prin
ciples, for eii neer knew- vv icn il
word will be evm heard by some eaves
dropping llnUlicvil, a. cut, u ' ih will
land the offender In prison and iierlmps
end In his f.ic'ii',- a liimg Miii-i, )
mnnv wa.vs the Uussian n rrnr' lar ex
ceeds in IK linn r-. the nin.i s iiiguinnry
period of the l'leneli Kevelllt Ien Tilt
Russiats snlitnit te this tv runny lie
ciuisi) tln'v have nivir known anythitu
better, centiulis of eipresslc.n having
prevented the ileve!. pcient of any Indi
vidualist i tendi mi." . ,
Escapes Frem lied Russia
a Scries of Encounters
Sir I'aul I' 'e, vvi s eventually or-'
dercd te Jein ,,n niinleiv icgunent nt
a distant t ut if the hunt whereupon
he dctlilnl te i i ape flem, KiiSHla, lis
was je nod lv thne n inr-iili s who had'
pin lined te ili siit ami join the White
(iutuiR Uaviii" secii.eil t Ik mselves en1
a train, the f i nlvi 'ni'in igi I te reach
the Lettish fie iMi i rlioie n n,0 (ea
miles wuln lulled their ev.lt from Him.
sia. Fer inlliM tluv tramped through
the nmrshv I mil bur ler.ng the lakf
until at everv !iip tie; Mmk nearly?
, waist d(ei. When hope of escape line
e'miist In en acii'ineil, they fertil-
i i aiely iiiine in in-.- a cu1 tavvay IihIiIiii
beat In the rushes
"It wim a ncketv thing," says Sir
Paul, "and it leal-id dreadfully, but
after one or two I'feitu v e found jj
vve'l'd held in if en en 1 . I I , J.i
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