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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
12
Washington Dec 22 Public hearings in the Federal Trade Commission news print paper investigation will be resumed Friday Dec 29. The commission will cover unfinished phases including reasonableness of prices cost of manufacture and jobbers profits.
Announcement hopes a plan will be devised to avoid suspending publications reliant on open market paper. Hearings resume to examine a distribution plan where large publishers share contracted 1917 paper with small open market buyers and assess mill output. Committees are coordinating with the Trade Commission to study next year’s needs and costs.
Altoona Penn December 22 All daily newspapers in Altoona announced price changes to two cents a copy beginning January 1.
The Birmingham News and the Ledger announce January 1 price hikes of one dollar for yearly subscriptions due to higher news print costs. The Birmingham Age Herald also raises its subscription price.
The George Tf Morrill Company board of directors in Norwood voted to give employees a bonus equal to 1 percent of wages earned in the past year ending November 30. They cited rising costs and said the aid is temporary while prices level out and return to normal.
Mrs Mary Stanlas of School street Jamaica Plain was arrested in a department store for larceny. Police Court found her guilty and fined 15 dollars after discovering stolen articles hidden in the clothing of the 18 months old baby she carried.
Mayor-elect John J. Mullen defeated his opponents in Everett with Governor McCall aiding. Inaugural exercises will be at the State Armory in Everett, not at the mayor's home, after Mullen changed plans that would have used the armory for a prior engagement.
Governor McCall settled a long dispute over use of the Everett armory for the mayoral inauguration. Adjutant General Pearson had briefly approved then reversed the permit, stating he misunderstood the situation. The governor disapproved a dance plan and kept the armory available for the inauguration.
An unsigned note believed written by a young girl prior to drowning in the Charles River was found on Massachusetts Avenue between Tremont and Washington Streets by a patrolman of the East Dedham Street police station. No author identified. Dated Nov. 22, the note asks finders to keep the purse as a remembrance of a girl who spent her last penny and whose body would be found in the Charles River at the foot of Massachusetts Avenue.
The large dressed doll used by Bovas cafe staff to solicit subscriptions for the Post Santa Claus fund was awarded to Francis M. Hanley of Belmont, assistant manager at George Borgfeldt & Co.
James Albert Cleary of Cambridge says he gives his wife most of his weekly earnings while his wife claims his extravagance betrays their marriage vows. Judge Lawton grants $7 weekly support and $20 toward legal costs as the matter proceeds. The couple married in Cambridge in 1908.
Raymond Hitchcock broke three engagements yesterday forenoon to entertain 600 boys at the Thomas N. Hart Boys' Grammar School in South Boston. Mrs Evangeline Weed of Brookline an elocutionist provided the entertainment and secured the actor s presence. Mrs Weed entertained with readings and was assisted by Louis N Gaudreau violinist and Miss Betty Schulleen a concert pianist.
Dr. Helio Lobo, named Harvard University’s new professor of diplomatic history, arrived aboard the steamship Verdi from Rio de Janeiro. He previously served as secretary to Brazil’s president.
Probate filing in Chicago lists Clara L. Ricciardi formerly Princess de Chimay as owner of about 1.175 million dollars in personal and real property. The will splits the estate into three trust funds for husband and two children with Giuseppe Ricciardi Marie de Chimay and Joseph de Chimay as primary beneficiaries. Trustees named include Thomas R. Lyon William W. Gurley and John W. Gary.
Mrs Jennie Thorngey 49 Hunting Street Somerville is believed to have died by her own hand after learning her brother serving in the Italian army was killed Her body was recovered from the Charles River basin ending a two week search by her husband Giovanni Thongoy authorities said the tragedy follows the brothers death news
The body found in a hatch on the steamer Canadian Wednesday has been identified as Joseph Shea. Identification was made by Charles Curran Homer Davis and William Jackson former cattlemen on the Canadian. They said Shea boarded at the same house with them in Liverpool and spoke of relatives in Roxbury.
A sudden weather shift in Boston last night blew a cupola from the New England Iron Works on B and Fargo streets into the street and toppled a large chimney at Twelfth Baptist Church on 678 Shawmut Avenue. No injuries reported as police cordon streets and Building Commissioner O Hearn plans inspection. Blinds torn, signs loosened, and ships affected as thermometer dips from 50 to below freezing.
A quoting line from Charles Dickens expresses a pledge to honor Christmas in the heart and strive to keep its spirit throughout the year. The excerpt accompanies a short note attributing the sentiment to Dickens and the work The Christmas Tree.
Dr William H Van Allen an Irishman denounces factions among Irish Americans in the United States and argues Easter Dublin uprising set back the Irish question. He predicts only unity of Irish factions and ideas can secure a permanent settlement in an address at the Church of the Advent last night.
A speaker laments that Irish factions in Britain’s army era stalled a peacetime solution. He claims Ulster and Sinn Fein actions, driven by anti Catholic sentiment, derailed momentum after the Easter Dublin uprising, delaying a trenches-based settlement. The remarks blame sectarian divide for prolonging Irish conflict.
A speaker condemns factional bloodshed on Irish soil and denounces loud Irish-Americans living in the United States. He pledges allegiance to Sinn Fein while calling for true Irishmen to decide their future free from Kaiser influence, hoping the war will erase royalty starting with the Kaiser.
Burglars entered the Bay State road residence of Car Dreyfus late Thursday night or early yesterday morning stealing jewelry valued over $2000. Detectives from Watts Agency examined rooms, took fingerprints, and neighbors learned of the investigation while the family departed for New York. Insurance covered the loss.
The Gas and Electric Light Commission ordered all gas and electric lighting firms in the state to sever connections with holding companies. The directive stems from recent hearings on capital stock issues and contract approvals and is the commission's most sweeping action to date.
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