Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR TO WED? [ARTICLE]

MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR TO WED?

Widow of Titanic Victim Will Lose Income of $250,000 a Year If She Marries Again. Washington, April 30.—Rumor of a possible engagement between Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph company, and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, which were started in New York city, have been renewed by the visit here of Colonel Astor’s widow with Mrs. J. E. Widener of Philadelphia, Mackay and a group of friends. The party is on a visit to Fredericksburg battlefield, after which they will visit Richmond and other places in the South. Colonel Astor, who was one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, provided in his will that if his widow married again she should lose the income from $5,000,000, or $250,000 a year, left in trust for her, and also lose the usd of the house at 840 Fifth avenue. She was Madeline Force before her marriage. The mixed troubles of the Blake and Mackay families were the social sensation of the fall of 1913. Mrs. Blake, wife of Dr. Joseph Blake, brought about the revelation of these troubles by suing Mackay's wife for $1,000,000 for alienation of her husband’s affections. She dropped that suit, but sued for and obtained a divorce from Blake.