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Show FATHER TOO LITE OF HISJMU6HTER -r DENVER, Dec, 31. Hamll- ton W. Clifford, said to be a wealthy stock broker of New 4- York city, lost today by two -f and a half minutes a race from -t- Now York to Denver to prevont -t- 'l the marriage of his daughtei -t- Alice, aged 21 years, to Roland Birch, iiIbo a New York stock broker. . -f- -t- The race began last Friday, when Birch, aged 25 years, who was in Los Angeles on a business trip, wirech his fiancee explaining that her father would not consent to their marriage and urgiug her to meet him today In Denver. In her excitement' MIkk r.nr ford mislaid Birch's telepram and it was found by tho joung woman's mother. Mr. Clifford had just time to 11 lp a coin (o determine which route he should choose to Colorado. It sent him by way of the Now York Central, Cen-tral, while his daughter sped westward west-ward on the Pennsylvania. , In Chicago, Chi-cago, Mr. Clifford caught a Burlington Burling-ton train and his daughter left over tho Rock Island. Miss Clifford, arrived ar-rived in Dcner one minute in tho lead, hurried into a taxlcab and hastened hast-ened to keep her appointment with Birch at a local hotel. The bride-gioom bride-gioom was there with a marriage 11-eenso 11-eenso and a justice of the peace and the couple were married as the lather lath-er pounded on tho door of theii apartment. apart-ment. He left Denver foi New York tonight. Birch says his father-in-law granted forgiveness. nn |