New-York tribune., 1913-10-10
Announcement of Marriage of
Hermann SieICken Comes as
Surprise to Friends in
Wall Street.
CEREMONY WAS IN TESSIN
Originator of Brazilian Valor.
ization Plan Marries Mrs.
Clara Wendroth, Daugh-
ter of Hawaiian
Sugar Planter.

An advertisement in an evening
paper yesterday announcing the mar
riage on Tuesday in Tessin. Germany.
Of Hermann Sielcken, head of the
coffee trust and the most spectacular
trader in coffee on the New York mar
ket. II not in the world, 10 Clara Wend-
10th, Of Bremen, caused much interest
among the bridegroom's friends in the
financial district.
Mr.. Sielcken. who was widower OF
about sixty-five years of age. sailed
early in the summer for Europe TO visit
his estate at Baden Baden. where he
spends several months each year.
News of his wedding came as a COM
plete surprise yesterday. for Mr..
Sielcken had conided to no one his in
tentions OF a second matrimonial vent
ure.
Mrs. Wendroth. who was a widow,
has son thirteen years old and d
daughter Of six. Her father. the late
Paul Isenberg, was a wealthy sugar
planter in the Hawaiian Islands, and
on his death bequeathed TO her large
fortune. Mrs. Beta Isenberg, Mrs.
Sielcken's mother. is still living in Ger
many.
Mr.. Sielcken's first wife died about
seven years ago. and since then he
lived in the Waldorf. maintaining a
suite Of rooms the year round. When
and where he became acquainted with
the woman 10 whom he was married
this week could not be learned from
his friends or business acquaintances
yesterday. one man on friendly terms
with the coffee king" as Mr.. Selcken
is popularity called in Wall Street. de-
clared he had known her several years
and that she was an accomplished and
beautiful woman.
The first intimation that there was
TO be a wedding was received in a let
ter written by Mr.. Sielcken TO Rein
hard Siedenburg, a member OF the
Coffee Exchange, who transacts con-
siderable Of the business for the firm Of
Crossman & Sielcken. II stated that
he was about 10 be married naming
asked that notices be inserted in New
York newspapers" Yesterday morning
cable dispatches were received by Mr..
Siedenburg and Mr.. Sielcken's firm an
nouncing that the wedding had taken
place.
Mr.. Sielcken'g estate at Baden Ba-
den Is said TO be one Of the show
places Of the city, and he went
there to recuperate from the effects Of
his work in bringing about the pas
sage OF the Brazilian coffee valoriza-
ton act. an agreement with the coffee
growing states OF the South American
republic by which they agreed to ad-
vance money TO the growers on their
crops and guaranteed 10 buy them at a
fixed price.
In business circles the passage Of the
act by the Brazilian government was
regarded as one OF the greatest coups
ever credited 10 an American merchant
Another distinction won by Mr.
Sielcken was the manner in which he
managed the sugar trusts fight
against The Arbuckles when they in
vaded the sugar field some years ago.
Mrs. Wendroth, to whom Mr.. Sielcken
was married, is wealthy and owns a
large and beautiful estate near Brem-
en-. The wedding took place at the
home Of the brides brother in Tessin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sielcken at present are
in Paris. After spending several
weeks at Mr.. Sielcken's place at Ba-
den Baden they will return to New
York.