Sterry Murder-Suicide Linked to Will Talk
In Pearl Street in New York City a son killed his father George E Sterry Sr and wounded himself after learning of a possible will change tied to his father’s forthcoming marriage to Miss Blaikie The elder Sterry had drawn a will dividing his estate among four sons and Miss Blaikie which the son feared would leave him without a share His death followed heavy drinking as rumors spread of disputes over inheritance and marriage Plans for joint funerals were announced with Mrs Sterry and Miss Blaikie affected by grief and shock The widow remains in fragile mental condition while Miss Blaikie is isolated at home in East Orange awaiting developments
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George FE. Sterry
Man & Man
Wall Street
Sterry
Newark
Weaver & Sterry
Pearl Street
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Young Sterry
Miss Blaikie
Miss Blatkie
East Orange
D. Brewer Eddy
George E. Sterry, Jr
Manhattan Square
Robbins
Evelyn
New Haven Announces Freight Rate Cut and New Route
The New York New Haven Hartford filed tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission on May 1 to open a new line from Southern New England to the West via the Northern Gateway. The differential route, operated with the Boston & Maine and Canadian Pacific, lowers freight rates by 40 cents to $1 per ton and takes effect June 20. Vice-
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
New England
Northern Gateway
Boston & Maine
Canadian Pacific
New Freight Rates Announced To Shift Routes
President Campbell says the new rates create a lower all rail basis than shippers along the New Haven line have enjoyed and align with the Northern New England to Chicago and the West rate. The differential route includes the Canadian Pacific dispatch and a rail and lake line, with Springfield and possibly Worcester becoming main gateways delivering to the Boston and Maine road.
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Campbell
New Haven Road
New England
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Dispatch
Springfield
Worcester
Boston & Maine Road
Miss Maloney Wins Suit to Annul 1905 Marriage
Justice McCall in the Supreme Court yesterday ordered the annulment of Miss Helen Maloney's marriage to Arthur H. Osborn after reviewing referee Daniel J. Cohalan's report. The interlocutory judgment awaits finality in three months. Maloney previously eloped with Samuel Clarkson and sought annulment to wed him under Catholic tenets. Osborn declined comment on future steps.
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Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Helen Maloney
Martin Maloney
Arthur H. Osborn
Daniel J. Cohalan
Osborn
Mamaroneck
Marian Graham
Boyd
Miss Maloney
Samuel Clarkson
Canada
Maloney
Clarkson
Steel industry to discuss prices at key conference
Steel industry leaders gather in New York City at United States Steel offices with ex Judge E H Gary presiding to review price policy and industry conditions. Representing firms include Lackawanna, Republic Iron, Bethlehem, Jones Laughlin, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Inland Steel and others. A Waldorf Astoria dinner closes the day with Gary hosting as executives weigh price concessions mainly for structural steel and potential building activity rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
The
Steel Corporation
Steel and Iron Companies
United Steel Corporation
Lackawanna Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
la Belle Iron Works
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Cambria Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
Rogers Brown & Co
Waldorf- Astoria
Gary
City stock taken by prominent banking house
A major banking house has taken an option on about 7.01 million of City of New York 4 percent corporate stock due 1957, running to July 1. This covers the unsold portion of last July's 15 million offering, after 50 thousand was disposed of by the Controller.
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Wall Street
City of
New York
Foil Bridge Wreckers on New Haven Structure
Watchmen on Jennings Street bridge over the Bronx River thwart an attempted dynamite attack by a gang of would be wreckers. Gunfire wounded several attackers while the watchmen and police recovered dynamite and dragged the river seeking the wounded suspect.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Bronx
Jennings Street
Indictments Filed Over Election Repeater Case
A New York grand jury presented indictments in General Sessions against an unnamed suspect in importing repeaters for the last election. The same document urged the Legislature and Governor Hughes to enact stricter election laws and improve voter registration checks to prevent future crimes against the franchise.
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Rosalsky
Hughes
State of
New York
Subpoenas Issued for Standard Oil Witnesses
Judge Holt ordered subpoenas for multiple witnesses before special examiner Franklin Ferriss on May 25 at 10 a.m. in New York Custom House. The government suit in federal court Eastern District of Missouri names Edward W. McKenna T S Lloyd Roswell W. Miller Frederick D Underwood Eben R B Thomas Louis Co Fritch William C. Brown Jabez T Odell Edward W. Winter Everett A. Morgan William E. Johnson Calvin Skinner Walter E. Hodges James F. Walsh Arthur M. Waitt H C Passmore as witnesses.
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Standard Oil
Holt
United States Circuit Court
Franklin Ferriss
New York Custom House
United States Circuit Court of
Eastern Judicial District of Missouri
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
Edward W. McKenna
T.S. Lloyd
Roswell W. Miller
Frederick D. Underwood
Eben RB. Thomas
Louis Co. Fritch
William C. Brown
Jabez T. Odell
Edward W. Winter
Everett A. Morgan
William E. Johnson
Calvin Skinner
Walter E. Hodges
James F. Walsh
Arthur M. Waitt
H. C. Passmore
Brooklyn Merchant Jacob Walker Dies by Own Action
Jacob Walker a 48 year old retired Brooklyn merchant killed himself with a rifle at Lamontville near Kingston while staying with family. Despondency from ill health was given as the cause.
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Kingston
NS. Y
Jacob Walker
Brooklyn
Lamontsville
Miss Amy Bernardy Named Italian Immigrant Investigator
Smith College professor Miss Amy Bernardy is appointed special commissioner by Italy’s board of emigration to study Italian women and children in the United States. Her North Atlantic district will report in July on distribution, labor demand, safety, and immigrant settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith College
Amy Bernardy
United States
Board of Emigration
Miss Bernardy
North Atlantic States
North
Northeast
Tribune
Great Northern
South
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Seaboard
Special commissioner appointment for Italian immigrant aid
Miss Bernardy is named special commissioner in a recognition of her prior work for Italian immigrants. Her open letters to the Italian press on women emigration have drawn attention across Italy, and the appointment could turn the initiative into a distinct business proposition through service fees.
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Miss Bernardy
Italy
Leaguers Debate Industrial Training For Girls
In a recent Woman's League gathering the vote on industrial training for girls was only opinionative, not a binding commitment. President Mrs. Belle de Rivera expressed surprise at the trade school tilt and noted distractions from Casson’s unemployed woman paper and anti vivisection debate.
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Woman's League
Alice
League
Belle de Rivera
Herbert Casson
Trade school fate to be settled by written vote
Re turn postal cards have been sent to the audience and votes will be courted at a directors meeting on Monday. Mrs. de Rivera says the fate of the poor trade school will be decided then.
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Trade School
May party at Arverne supports New England fund
The National Society of New England Women held a May party at the seaside home of president Miss Lizzie Woodbury Law in Arverne Long Island. Card tables covered the indoor reception while Mrs. Duane H. Clement assisted with hosting. Proceeds benefit the society’s philanthropic fund.
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Arverne
Long Island
New York
Ways and Means Committee
National Society of New England Women
Lizzie Woodbury Law
Philanthropic Fund
Man Arrested For Snoozing In Courthouse Basement
Albert Schrier of New Brunswick was arrested after sleeping in the Middlesex County courthouse basement near the Newark factory ruins. He carried two mattresses and claimed he did not snore, though others slept in the corridor. He was jailed to finish his nap.
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Albert Schrier
New Brunswick
Newark
Middlesex County
Schrier
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