Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-09
WEALTHIEST WOMAN.
Bertha Krupp Won sohIsn's Claim to
the Title.

Not one among the distinguished CO.
terie described severally as "the rich
est woman in the world" has a more
substantial claim to the title than Frau
Bertha Krupp Won Bohlen and Hal
back-and no one, perhaps Is more in
different to it. A directory Of ratings
just published at Hamburg credits her
fortune with an increase of s25,000,0 900
or from $45,000,000 to $70,000,000 In
three years. This Is in solid German
values without doubt, for the fabulous
estimates Of her riches have run to
1925, 100000. Her income has been set
down, according to mathematics OF
fancy, at s1,25O,00O to $3,000,0O0 and
$5,OOO,OO0 a year.
But whether or not Bertha Krupp, as
she Is more widely known, even since
her marriage in 1906, Is worth more OF
less than some other women in digits
or in the appurtenances of wealth, she
Is undoubtedly the richest woman In
the world. For she has enough to sat-
isfy any taste she may have for dis
play, with an abundance for charity
and a social standing on a par with the
noblest blood. There Is left to her in
even greater degree the primary attri-
butte of wealth-power. She is describ-
ed as a queen, or more extravagantly
as an empress, in the midst Of her
enormous holdings. Other rich women
may enjoy the domination of their
households, but for the rest Of it they
may be content with clipping coupons
Even the financial activities Of Mrs
Hetty Green must be in the face OF
circumstances which prove primarily
the limitations Of her wealth.
To Bertha Krupp was left the con-
troll of the gigantic enterprise Of her
father. Her sister, Barbara, shared in
the money, but not in the authority
Although relieved by board Of direc-
tors Of the details Of management
Bertha Krupp, before and since she
married the diplomat, DR.. Won Bohlen
has been the mistress Of $4,000 employ
ees, involving perhaps, with their fam
lilies, 100000 persons. She owns 56(
mines In Germany alone. She owns
the steel and gun works, with the ship
yards at Kiel, and the world-famous
gun and armor works at Madgeburg
And whereas the kaiser, or any othel
ruler Is running the government, 1.
confronted with politics and legisla'
ture, Bertha Krupp realizes the undis'
puted power Of possession.
Her palace at Essen, built by hel
father, took 500 men four years to erect
1t includes a personal suite for the kai'
ser, who with the empress has honoret
1t yearly. This is a distinction usual.
reserved for the highest nobility.
The same exception was made by th'
emperor in attending her wedding, al
though it was said he resented her low
for a poor diplomat, when there wer'
so many penniless princes at hand. Blu
Bertha Krupp was sufficient enough
unto herself to brook the imperia
frown.
One of the noteworthy features o
her wedding, which was considered al
international event, was that her fam
lily kept down the expenditures on he
trousseau to $3.50. The tradesmen, wh'
expected the nuptials to spell COLDER
harvest for them, grumbled at the sim
plicity; but the whole ceremony wa
in accordance with the modest manne
in which Bertha and Barbara Krupl
had been reared. And the charges o
stinginess soon were hushed, whel
Bertha Krupp made gifts Of som'
100000 to charity in honor of he
wedding day.