Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Mrs. Hetty

reached her seventy-seventh birthday
woman in the world does not take
much stock in birthday celebrations,
and the fact that this was the ami
versary of her birth caused no vari-
ance of her usual routine. The day
was remembered, however, with mes
sages and tokens from her son, E.
II. X. Green, her daughter Sylvia, and
the latter's husband, Matthew A.
Wilks.
Mrs. Green has retired from the ac-
tive management of her vast affairs.
Such, at least. was the announcement
made more than a year ago, when f.
ii. r. Green gave up his home in
Texas and came to New York for the
| purpose, as stated, of relieving his
mother of the great burden imposed
upon her by the care of her colossal
fortune. But to all appearances Mrs.
Green is still looking after her own
affairs. She visits her banking Off
ces daily and il is nothing out of the
ordinary for her to attend several di-
rectors meetings between the hours
of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. In the mean
time, Ned" as she fondly calls her
only son, continues to spend much Of
railroad and other interests that re-
quire his personal attention,
AT the age of seventy-seven Mrs.
Green is handling the largest fortune
possessed by any woman in the world.
| If the popular estimates are correct
her fortune exceeds by some $4,000
900 or more that of Mrs. Russell Sage,
who is reckoned the second richest
| woman in the world.
The wealth of Mrs. Green is widely
diversified. Her real estate holdings
fairly freckle the face Of the country.
Her property in New York city
amounts to millions. while in Boston,
where the foundation of her immense
estate investments. she still possesses
entire streets of residence and bust
ness property. Her mortgages en-
brace some of the safest properties
in chain of cities extending from the
| Atlantic to the Pacific. Railroads
| steamboats,, traction roads, mines of
| gold, silver, copper and iron, tele-
phones and telegraphs, all contribute
to her income, and it is her proud
boast that not one investment is a
losing proposition.
| CHICAGO, H., Nov. 2l.-The hear
| ing of testimony in the government
suit to dissolve the international Har-
vester company is to be resumed in
this city tomorrow morning. Promi-
nent officials of the harvester trust"
and numerous other witnesses have
been subpoenaed. Examiner Robert S,
Taylor will conduct the examination,
while Edwin p. Grosvenor, assistant
to Attorney General Wickersham,
will continue as prosecutor for the
government
| NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Controver-
sy among the woman suffragists over
the affiliation of Miss Jane Adams
with the Progressive party threat
ems to disrupt the National Associa-
ton of Woman Suffrage which open
ed its annual convention in Philadel-
phia today.
Miss Adams, member of the ma
tional board, has been criticised Sc
verely by conservatives for her ac-
tivity in the Bull Moose campaign
while the radicals back her up in her
contention that she is entitled to ex-
press her political views.
FRANKFORT, KY, Nov 2i-James
Ellis is to pay the death penalty in
the electric chair at the Eddyvile
prison tomorrow, Governor McCreary
having refused his petition for COM
mutation of sentence to life imprison-
ment. Ellis was convicted in Pulaski
county more than year ago for the
murder Of Magistrate c. j. Beatty of
Burnside. The killing was a result
of the arrest of Ellis on charge of
l hieso'y SehHiG hitois III a ENiiSi a.
fusillade Magistrate Beatty and Con
stable w. f. Heath were shot and
killed. Ellis and companion named
Helton were convicted of the murders.
| DENVER, Nov. 21.-Vice President
Brown of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, on his return from New York
city Monday, announced that the first
steps in electrifying the Denver &
Rio Grande system are TO be taken
at once. The first unit to be electri-
fed will be from Helper, Utah, to
Salt Lake City, ia miles. The sec
end unit will be over Tennessee pass,
the great Continental divide in Colo
RADIO, and will involve the electrifiea-
tion of the line from Salida to Min
turn, Colo, distance of eighty-seven
miles.
Il The Utah work will be commenced
early in 1913, and it is hoped that
it will be completed by the time the
. new per cent detour line over Sol
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