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Show CUPID Wli 111 RACE WITH M FATHER New York Couple Married in Denver-After Chase Across the Continent. DENVETt. Ooc. "1. Hamilton W. Clifford, Clif-ford, said to be a. wealthy' Floc'.c broker of New York City, today loiU by two and a half minutes, a. nice from New York to Denver to prevent the marriage of his daughter Alloc, aged -1 years, to Roland lilrch. also a New York slock urouer. The race began Jast Friday when Ulreb, aged 27, vcars. who was In Los Angeles jl Imslncss trip, wired his fiancee, explaining ex-plaining fnat her father would not consent con-sent to their marriage and urging her to meet him 'today In Denver. In her-excitement Miss Clifford mislaid Birch's teb'gram and it was found by the younrr woman's mother. .Mr. Clifford hod lust lime to flip a coin to determine which route he should choose to Colorado. It uunt him by wny or tho Xew York Central, Cent-ral, while his. daughter aped westward on the rennsylvanla. In Chicago Mr. Clifford cannot, a Burlington train and his daughter left via the Rock Island. Miss Clifford arrived In Denver one minute min-ute In the lead, hurried Into a. taxlcab ami hastened to kccD her appointment with Birch at a local hotel. The bridegroom bride-groom was there with a marriage license and a. Justice of the pfacu and the couple was married as the father pounded on tho door of their apartment, ITc left Denver tonight for New York. Ulrtfh says his father-in-law granted forgiveness. |