Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-11-24
he had KEEP, up hope until failure Of

WINGED would reverse the Judgment OF
the court. That had overwhelmed
and crushed him as he had hoped till
the last of still being able to build up
home with the woman Miss Leneve,'
without whom life was not worth hv-
Ing
The fact that Crippen had previous
ly determined that there was no hope
from the Home Office is believed to
have enabled him to bear up SO well
today when informed that Churchill
had decided against him.
Il am ready for the end" he said.
shall die with firm conviction that
eventually proofs of my innocence will
become known" Had the Home Office
interfered. Crippen declared, that 1t
would have been an unexpected mercy.
\ the first shown him since his trial
began.
NEW YORK, Nov 21-Mrs. Hetty
| Fl r. Green, Americas most promi-
nent woman financier, reached her
seventy-fifth birthday anniversary to
day and also rounded out her forty.
| fifth year as business woman. dur
| ing which she has accumulated for
tune variously estimated at from $780,
O0O.O 900 to 100000 600
| The wealthiest woman in America
| started with a fortune of $4,000 900
left by her father. This fortune she
has increased many folds by shrewd
business deals and far-sighted invest
ments. Her wealth is widely diversi-
| fled. She has real estate holdings in
nearly every section of the country
and her mortgages embrace some of
the safest properties in chain of cit.
les extending from coast to coast.
| Railroads. steamboats,, mines, tele-
phones and telegraphs also contribute
to her income.
| Some time since the report was cir
culated that Mrs. Green intended to re-
tire from the active management of
her affairs and the arrival of her only
| son, r. II. r. Green, in New York tend
| ed to confirm the report. But the son
has returned to Texas and Mrs. Green
rom all appearances, is as active as
aver so that the rumors of her pros
Dective retirement probably had no
better foundation that similar reports
which have been circulated periodical.
cached her sixtieth year
NEW YORK, Nov. 2l,-"Barbara"
said Mrs. Remensberger to her daugh-
| ter of s, yesterday, as she was dress
ng the child for Sunday school 81
want you to be good girl today be-
| .ause | had a tooth drop out this morn
| ng and that is a sign that somebody
is going to die in the family" Why"
said Barbara. that's me I'm going to
| lie" Her mother could draw no ex
while Barbara was playing on pier
end she fell between the string pieces
and barge and was drowned,
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-With
sell-directed shot August Warmbold,
l saloon keeper, frustrated an at.
| empt to rob his place of business last
night He killed one bandit, caused
another to make hasty escape. Three
customers in the saloon at the time
| were uninjured and the bar tender
Fritz Schommeurz saved his life by
aking refuge behind several beer kegs
while the battle between his employer
| and the robbers was in progress.
The two men entered the saloon
fbrnnuh SiIa nh
with brace of pistols. AS Warmbold
backed into his office at the rear of
the bar. the robbers opened fire. Mr..
Warmbold rushed out and shot dead
| the nearest bandit and the other very
promptly fled. Papers found in the
pockets of the dead man bear the name
OF Solomon Cogen. He has not been
identified
HAVANA, Nov. 21.-An aeroplane
flight from Havana to Key West. Fla,
is the next aviation triumph which
| John B. Moissant is planning.
Moissant is young Aemrican and
the first man to fly with a passenger
from Paris to London.
Today he called on President Gomez
TO secure his aid in arranging for a
weeks aviation meet here.
II the necessary prizes can be Sc
cured Moissant will bring here flyers
connected with the International Avia-
tors company which has just been or
sanized by him and his brother in ad
dition to the regular program which
the flyers will put up at all meets,
Moissant today promised President
Gomez that he himself would attempt
| flight from Havana to Key West.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 21.-By the
md of this week the Arizona Consti
tutional convention will have conclud-
ed rough draft of the constitution for
| the new state and nothing but reyis
on will remain to be done before its
| final adoption. The time limit in which
| the convention must complete its
work. expires December 10. The advo
| Gates of Safe and Sane" constitu
| lion have been over-ridden thus far
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