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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
14
M. A. Boston inquires about the current status of American Pneumatic Service Company. The letter asks whether earnings are improving this year and requests the outlook for the future. The message seeks a concise performance update and prospects.
The company reports busier orders this year including a significant war order, with profits expected mainly from volume rather than per unit margins. A renewal of government mail tube contracts is under negotiation for June 1916 with potential price reductions. The stock may pay dividends from surplus earnings, possibly a large special dividend or funds to sustain future payouts.
The market remains effectively flat across weeks with no clear trend as prices hover near October levels. Analysts note that anticipated catalysts such as the President’s message, the United States Steel report, and bond moves failed to move prices, while January's rise remains uncertain given easy money and historical variability.
Fishing schooners reach the Fish pier in South Boston but a large fleet is unlikely today due to recent gales. Beams trawlers may still deliver enough fish to fill orders. The Belgian relief effort proceeds with the Greek steamer Andreas carrying 339,733 bushels of wheat to Rotterdam for Belgium. The Atlantic squadron, led by the battleship Virginia, sails to Boston for shore liberty over Christmas. The Everett sails to Norfolk with 7000 tons of coal but limps into New York harbor for repairs. The Cunard ship Quebra arrives in Liverpool from Boston. Governor Cobb heads to Key West for winter runs. The Lepanto joins the Wilson line serving Hull, Boston, and New York.
Five candidates vie for Cambridge mayor as the municipal election nears. Incumbent Mayor Timothy W. Good faces Wen dell D. Rockwood former Senator John P. Brennan William H. Andrew and George R. Henderson in a bitter contest. All candidates plan closing-day whirlwind automobile tours and rallies across the city.
Ex mayor Edward J Barry announces support for Mayor Good amid a crowded race. Barry cites Good as best equipped while rival Wendell Rockwood presses attacks on public safety and administration. The school committee race heats with 14 candidates including three women as 800 women votes expected. Casey projects as likely principal assessor with broad cross party backing.
Mrs. Anna M. McGrath of Atlantic Oil accuses a major oil firm of steering secret meetings in Boston to fix gasoline prices. She claims independent dealers were warned of ruin or bankruptcy if they undersold. McGrath faces perjury charges in the Western Oil bankruptcy case.
Thieves stole the poor boxes at St. Augustine's Church on Dorchester Street, South Boston, during Saturday night. Rev. Father William A. Gilbride found the emptied boxes the next morning as he prepared for mass after the 40 hours devotion ended. Large Christmas collections may have been taken. two church entrances were found open with the boxes scattered.
Boston Central Labor Union urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate freight handling on the Boston and Maine and New Haven railroads. The call follows a union resolution tied to railway pleas for higher freight rates and the railroads appeal process.
Frank H. McCarthy A F L organizer warned that road conditions cause frequent breakage and long delays for freight, affecting interstate and short distance shipments. John J. Barry of Theatrical Stage Employees received a diamond ring from Harry P. Jennings, now president, during the gathering.
Plumbers Union No. 12 seeks an wage increase of 10 cents per hour or six dollars per day under a new scale and working agreement. The proposed terms were ratified at a special meeting yesterday afternoon and will be presented to the Master Plumbers Association conference board tomorrow for final action.
Dr. Stanley H. Osborn of the Harvard MIT typhus relief unit is safe after being detained at Uskub during Bulgarian capture. Relatives learned of his safety through the State Department and personal letters. He plans to remain abroad to continue aid work near Nish with wounded soldiers.
Two Harvard professors were made corresponding members of the Real Academia de Bellas Letras de Barcelona. Charles H. Haskins, history professor and graduate school dean, earned the honor for his studies in Spanish history. Jeremiah D. M. Ford, professor of French and Spanish, was elected for his literary and philological works on Spanish.
The body of John William Walker, a noted composer and musician, will be transported to Wis casset Maine for burial tomorrow morning. He died suddenly at his Sea View home on Saturday. Formerly with the McPhail Pianoforte Company, he spent the last twenty years mainly in Maine. Born in Halifax England, his father founded the Halifax Guardian.
Johnny O Leary lightweight champion of Canada has enlisted for active service with the Sixty Fifth Overseas Battalion. BV Madden formerly a jockey on American tracks has enlisted and been made a sergeant.
A meeting to organize stenographers and all office workers into the Office Workers' Union will be held at the Boston Women's Trade Union League on Washington Street Tuesday night January 11 1916. Miss Mabel Gillespie and others discussed forming the union after finding many city office workers earn less than six dollars a week.
Daniel J. Hallissey was re elected president of the Bottlers and Drivers Union 122 at its annual meeting held yesterday afternoon at Brewery Workers headquarters 1117 Columbus Avenue. Offiers named include Vice President Edward A Paull secretary and business agent M J Hines financial secretary Thomas F Cody treasurer Thomas F Healy and auditors William F OBrien John Walsh and James McClusky.
The Milk Wagon Drivers Union executive board arranged its annual ball at Conven tion Hall Back Bay. The Dock Freight Handlers Union 809 accepted the wage scale report as progressive. Harry Winn became president of Lut her Teamsters Union 369 at Wells Memorial building. Other officers include Bernard Maraghey John A Carr and John F Sullivan Timothy J Dwyer. Bunker Hill Lodge 404 and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Priscilla Lodge 20 held a joint officer installation at 14 Green Street Charlestown after a banquet and musicale.
Amsterdam telegrams describe pitiful conditions in Berlin as rioting and misery grow among workers. A German-born wife of a British laborer, after 16 months in internment, travels toward Jungland while shops face storms for daily butter rations amid police guarding provisions.
A dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Company says Field Marshal van der Goltz has headquarters at Aleppo and is preparing Turkish and German troops for an invasion of Egypt. It notes support from Emperor William and the Sultan of Turkey and mentions Krupp rifles and German officers.
A Boston Associated Charities bulletin reports continuing distress from last winter. In September to November this year 581 new families received aid, fewer than 1914 yet above the previous year. 489 families were aided in 1913.
About 75 members of the Young Men's Parish Club of the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii in the South End gathered for a first communion breakfast at the American House. Joseph Affanato served as toastmaster with remarks from Rev. Pasquale DiMilla Judge Frank Leverone the Hon. Vincent Brogna John A. Scanga Nicholas Cefalo and Miss Helena Tortorella.
John Cunningham and Dorothy Long funeral notices list residence addresses and Tuesday services with Sacred Heart and Wordsworth Street homes. Daniel Sullivan of Jamaica Plain requested attendance for a high mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church after a Dec 19 death.
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