Receiver plan for New Haven system urged by Crocker
George A. Crocker a Boston financier and ally of New Haven and Boston & Maine holders urges a receivership to conserve road assets amid disintegration plans. He argues public benefit and warns against bargain prices and squeezed long term securities without transparent scrutiny.
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Crocker
Bargain Leaves
George A. Crocker
Boston
New Haven
Boston & Maine
United States Department of Justice
New Haven Railroad set to ratify dissolution with DOJ
New York, April 16. Stockholders of the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad are likely to formally approve the dissolution agreement with the Department of Justice at Washington when they meet in New Haven next Tuesday. Proxies represent over 780,000 shares, with only 82 shares opposed. J. M. Tomlinson named VP in charge of accounting, replacing H. M. Rochersperger who resigned. Chairman Howard Elliott avoided discussion of ties to the Billard Company while offering full cooperation to federal inquiry. No readjustment plan for finances will be presented next Tuesday, while negotiations on the 45 million dollar notes due May 18 continue without a definite outcome.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New Haven
Department of Justice
Washington
Howard Elliott
J. M. Tomlinson
H. M. Rochersperger
Elliott
Billard Company
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Billard Men
A federal grand jury indicts Billard Company figures amid disputes over handling contempt and criminal action. Attorneys argue jurisdiction and burden of long travel for defendants. Officials seek production of company books with no response received.
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Federal Grand Jury
Billard
New Strap Hangers Bill Advances From Committee
The first strap hangers bill from a legislative committee is ready for reporting by the committee on street railways. It limits street car occupancy by allowing only half the admitted extra passengers when all seats are filled. Debate centers on whether the conductor or the company should bear the penalty.
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Committee On
House debates beer barrels and port reforms
The House settled that a barrel shrinking more than six percent is not beer. A 3 percent tolerance failed. A bill for election bulletins was drafted in committee. Metropolitan affairs approved cutting Port Directors from five to three. Mystic River widening bill passed with funding from port money. Salary raise for Suffolk and Middlesex probate judges was defeated 16 to 18.
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Committee On
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Williams
Lomasney
Mystic River
Boston
Suffolk
Middlesex
New Trial Ordered for Mrs Wakefield in Hartford
Hartford April 16 The Supreme Court found error in the murder conviction of Mrs Bessie J Wakefield due to improper admission of Coroner Eli Mix testimony and ordered a new trial.
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Hartford
Conn
Eli Mix
Supreme Court
Bessie J. Wakefield
Connecticut Woman Guilty in State Murder Case
Mrs Wakefield found guilty in Superior Court of New Haven county on Oct 31 1913 for the murder of her husband last June. Her lover James Plew was executed on March 4 at the State prison in Wethersfield. Plew plotted the killing aided by Wakefield and chloroformed the husband before dragging him to the woods. The defense cites a stay of execution due to an appeal and wide protests to Governor Baldwin.
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Plew
Wakefield
Cheshire
Mrs. Wakefield
Bowman seeks divorce from Jessie Bowman in Superior Court
Oliver W. Bowman of Boston petitions the Superior Court to sever his marriage to Jessie Bowman alleging misconduct.
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Oliver W. Bowman
Boston
Superior Court
Jessie Bowman
Fund for Sealers Growing With Broad Support
A large influx of donations to the relief fund for the 2000 dependents of the 250 sealers lost in the Southern Cross and Newfoundland disaster brought the total to 991.50. The Newfoundland United Societies relief fund executive committee met at Paine Memorial Hall to review encouraging reports from volunteers nationwide.
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Southern Cross
Newfoundland
Newfoundland United Societies of the Relief Fund
Paine Memorial Hall
New England
Boston Fund Sees Wide Civic Support For Charity Drive
Mayor James M. Curley contributes 50 dollars and Hadwin A. Grazier 100 dollars along with J Otis Wardwell of Carrinbridge 50 dollars as part of a community fund. The Paine Memorial Corporation offers hall use for a dance by the Newfoundland Mutual Benefit Association to aid the drive. Reverend James H. O Neil plans a Sunday benefit at Sacred Heart Church. Contributions may be sent to State Treasurer Frederick W Mansfield or Federal Trust Company.
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James M. Curley
Hadwin A. Grazier
Boston Post
J. Otis Wardwell
Carrinbridge
Paine Memorial Corporation
Newfoundland Mutual Benefit Association
James H. O'Neil
Sacred Heart Church
Mast Boston
Frederick W. Mansfield
State House
Federal Trust Company
Fragmented Street Ledger Totals 991 50 in Odd Notation
A damaged OCR shows various names and small sums like 26.00 1.00 1.06 amid scattered words. The text lists Mrs K Putes Tim Penn Molloy Edward Molloy Catherine Shallow and others with arbitrary cents, ending with a reported yesterday total of 341.00 and overall 991.50 in unclear accounts.
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Thomas Yee
Wieneeda
Defends South Boston Heights at 31st Old Hawes Banquet
Attorney W E P Dillaway defended the historic eminence of South Boston Heights at the 31st annual Old Hawes Schoolboys Association banquet at the Quincy House. He rebutted critics who called the area surrounded by slums.
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South Boston Heights
W. E. P. Dillaway
Old Hawes Schoolboys’ Association
Quincy House
AP Editor William Swan to Speak at Boston University
William A. Swan city editor of the Associated Press in Boston will lecture to Boston University College of Business Administration news reporting class tonight. He will describe AP news gathering forces and how world news is gathered and distributed in the one hour session from 5 30 to 6 30.
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William A. Swan
Associated Press
Boston
Boston University College of Business Administration
Mrs Hill Funeral at St. Paul's
The funeral for Mrs Catherine Iaches Hill aged 71 will be held tomorrow at 11 30 at St Pauls Cathedral. Mrs Hill a native of Boston spent most of her life in Cambridge and Boston.
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Catherine Iaches Hill
the Tudor
Beacon Street
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Hood's Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier Ad
A period advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for loss of vitality poor appetite tiredness biliousness and skin eruptions. It claims forty years of reliable proof and urges readers to ask their druggist to obtain the medicine today for pure blood and overall health.
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Hood
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