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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
9
Washington December 12 Secretary Daniels urged the House naval committee to raise each enlisted Navy man’s pay by five dollars a month. The proposal would add about three million dollars annually to payroll. Daniels noted enlistments rising and opposed a bonus to boost enlistment.
Pa Van Loon notes his family has begun Christmas shopping early. The item teases a feature in next Sunday's Post featuring a great comic.
A jury in Judge King's Superior Court session found United Shoe Machinery Company not liable in the $3397 damage suit brought by Frank Morrison. Morrison, a shoe laster from Jamaica Plain, claimed he was hired in 1910 to spy on the Plant factory and to foment union troubles, with promises of $2000.
Councillor Daniel J. McDonald spoke to the Mt. Hope Improvement Association in Roslindale while Francis J W Ford Senator David T Montague and Major Patrick F O Keefe addressed other groups. James J Twohig spoke in Charlestown and Roslindale.
Mayor O Keefe calls for leaders who will support good actions and oppose him when wrong. Councilman McDonald accuses the Good Government Association of dictating council votes while pledging reforms in streets wages and city services. Candidates spoke at multiple neighborhood associations urging better streets playgrounds sewerage and wage increases for workers.
Ex City Councillor James A. Watson declares at Mt Hope Association meetings Wilson Club Charlestown Improvement Association and a South End rally that he is not the candidate of any machine or group. He predicts late attacks from opponents and vows to discuss his record and opponents' platforms.
Prominent Boston women organize a bazaar at Copley Plaza for St Vincent's Orphan Asylum with Sisters of Charity directing and Mrs Harvey Wheeler and Mrs John Gilman helping. Large crowds attend Sacred Heart Roslindale bazaar marking the new parochial school Jubilee. Rev John Cummins notes early success. An anniversary requiem mass for Rev James J McCarthy at St William's Dorchester is held by the Young Women's Sodality. A St Thomas L C B A whist in Jamaica Plain raises funds for parish poor.
A vivid reproduction appears in the next Sunday Post Pictorial Section showing cavalry in action during the First World War. The image captures mounted troops advancing, reflecting wartime scenes likely of French campaign and Allied forces.
Philip H. Doyen of South Portland said he would construct about 1 million dollars worth of ships for Greek interests represented by New York agents. He also disclosed the sale of the steam freighter America for 125 thousand dollars, to be renamed Olga and fly the Greek flag. The vessel now at New York is loading steel billets and cotton for Marseilles, France.
Merrimac Chemical Company approved the purchase of Cochrane Chemical Company of Everett for an estimated 1.5 to 2 million dollars. To finance the deal Merrimac will issue 35 280 shares valued at 1 764 million dollars at 73 per share and grant a 1 67 per share dividend over four months. A stock dividend of 11 760 shares valued at 588 thousand dollars will also be issued to stockholders of record, with the new stock and the stock dividend not earning the five percent dividend.
Rev George H Hubbard will serve Prospect Hill Congregational Somerville after leaving Eliot Roxbury. Upham Memorial Church Forest Hills hosts a Christmas sale at Wenham Street parsonage. St Matthew Episcopal South Boston hosts annual fair with evening entertainments Thursday to Saturday. St James Episcopal Somerville parish fair raised over 500 dollars last week. Canton churches launch Every Member canvass with sixty delegates attending a Congregational Church supper. Next Sunday designated Every Member Sunday.
City Councillor James J. Storrow filed a letter with Attorney General Henry Attwill defending a $2000 contribution to the Wilson campaign. He states he gave the funds Oct 16 through Marcus A. Coolidge for the Democratic National Committee and that funds went to a national party, not the Massachusetts State Committee, and he believes no election law was violated. Dec. 12, 1916.
Funeral services for I. F. Co. Muller, a landscape engineer fatally injured in a recent incident, were conducted with colleagues and family in attendance. The bereaved expressed condolences as tributes highlighted his work on public parks and city spaces.
Week in Kenosha, Wisconsin features an automobile accident remembrances. The funeral at Forest Hills Crematory will be held at 9 o’clock this morning. Mr. Muller, son of Iranz Muller longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra figure, will be honored as the brass section plays Strube’s funeral dirge.
Judge Braley ordered Peabody city clerk Francis L. Poor to place Michael J. McCarthy on the Councillor-at Large ballot. Ten candidates competed for five seats. Shea led with about 1200 of 2800 votes and was declared the winner by method of computation.
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