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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1918

Page

14

United States Smelting Suit Against Company Name

United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company files suit against itself in a complex corporate action, signaling internal corporate dispute or procedural move. The case centers on governance, asset allocation, or financial arrangements within the conglomerate, with filings indicating cross-entity claims or reorganization steps.

Dividend Declared by United States Machine Refining Directors

Directors announce a quarterly dividend of 1 percent on preferred stock and 1 cent per share on common stock payable January 15 1919 with January 3 1919 as the record date. Batchelder Ww UPEL serves as dividend treasurer.

Pond Creek Cou F. W. Batchelder Trea Island Creek Coal Company United States Ompa Wuus Batchelder United Drug Company United Drug Co C. McCormicre

South Dakota Rural Credit Bonds Offered

Harris Forbes Co Halsey Stuart Co and The Continental and Com mercial Trust and Savings Bank offer a new issue of four million dollars State of Dakota Rural Credit 4 1 2 per cent bonds dated Jan 1 1919 due Jan 1 1939 optional Jan 1 1924 At offering price the bonds yield 4 5 8 per cent to the option date and 4 3 4 per cent thereafter They are a general obligation of the State with assessed valuation 1 441 181 855 and bonded debt total 10 425 000 or less than 1 per cent of assessed value Exempt from federal income taxes eligible at par for postal savings and legal investment for savings banks and trust funds in New York Connecticut and other States.

New York Connecticut

Market Plunge Drives Unprecedented Bond Selloff on Wall Street

New York stocks and bonds tumbled amid renewed liquidation, with rails hit hard and losses spreading across industrials, utilities, and bonds. Heavy selling, mainly tied to income tax adjustments and adverse rail statements, pushed Liberty issues to new lows as $45 million in bonds were dumped.

New York Stock Exchange Rails Interstate Commerce Commission Pennsylvania Reading Baltimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Chicago & Northwestern St. Paul Rock Island New Haven Marine Southern Pacific States Steel Pennsylvania Consolidated Seaboard Air Line Interborough Rapid Transit Liberty Liberty Group United States

Market Active Registering Losses In Stock Trades

The report shows New York total 1 194 900 shares and Boston 65 317 as today’s activity with Utah Apex 4 600 and Steel 99 200 in New York. From Jan 1 1918 to date New York 138 895 208 and Boston 3 743 925 shares. The new federal revenue bill allows deduction of stock losses from taxable income, prompting wholesale turnover and near simultaneous sell and buy orders to offset losses. Brokers faced wash sale risks and exchanges enforce rules to prevent manipulation, while some traders sought profit by timing cross orders across firms and markets.

New York Boston Steel Utah Apex Stock Exchange Treasury Department New York State New York Stock Exchange

Market Notes on Tax Loss Registrations and Stock Movements

Investors scrambled to register losses against taxable income as losses could be claimed through January 1. Trading featured heavy Liberty bond turnover and broad activity aimed at offsetting losses, with United States Steel and American Telephone among notable movers. A new high for United Fruit and a 16 percent dividend talk surrounding Swift International framed a market cautious but bullish mood.

American Telephone Car & Foundry Is Jis United States Steel Corporation United Fruit Swift International

Money markets report steady lending rates across sectors

Current prices show all key money market instruments and loan categories at 6 percent. Brokers' customers' loans, outside brokers' call loans, customers' commercial loans, individual customers' collateral loans, commercial papers, and year money all listed at six percent.

301st Field Artillery on Way From France

The 301st Field Artillery along with the 145th 801st and 133d units, each about 1500 men and 50 officers, are en route from France. Two trench mortar battalions 6th and 7th travel with around 70 men each.

Santa Teresa New York 145Th Field Artillery California Utah Siboney 161St Field Artillery 253D Field Artillery Camp Grant Ball France Hampton Roads Bordeaux Keresaspa Newport News Koenigen der Nederlanden 163D Field Artillery Brigade 125Th Field Artillery Powhatan 59Th Field Artillery Brigade 127Th Field Artillery Regiment Pastores

Notable Turning Point Amid Lingering Rain Shadows

A reflective meditation on enduring pain and longed for clarity. The speaker contrasts gray shadows and dull rain with a hopeful, clear sky emerging at last, suggesting trouble fades as brighter times return. The verse frames resilience and renewal after hardship.

Policemen Vote Not to Strike Continued From First Page

Boston Social Club, an organization of patrolmen, reports their vote not to strike. The continued item outlines the decision and its potential impact on city policing and labor relations.

Boston Social Club

German Socialist Leaders Admit Ordering Berlin Troops

Friedrich Ebert Philipp Scheidemann and Landsberg say they ordered troops to seize the life of Commander Wels in Berlin to protect him after his arrest by sailors. Noske Toebe and Wishel named cabinet members replacing Haase Earth and Dittmann as the new people's commissioners pledge revolution and oppose exploiting turmoil.

London Friedrich Ebert Philipp Scheidemann Herr Landsberg Berlin Vorwaerts Berlin Ebert Scheidemann Landsberg Wels Freieheit Central Council of Soldiers and Workmen of Germany Herr Noske Kiel Herr Toebe Breslau Volkswacht Verr Wishel Reichstag Haase Dittmann Hugo Haase Noske Wishel

Police Patrolmen Demand $200 Raise in Boston

A Boston patrolmen club vows no strike and presses for a $200 yearly pay rise, citing wages from 17.50 to 26.85 weekly and $100 annual uniform costs. More than five officers attended, with 120 in the association, as they plan to confer with Mayor Peters and Police Commissioner Curtis after a two and half hour meeting. The group cites hardships from cost of living and war era inflation, and says current pay has not kept pace with expenses.

Michael Lynch Peters Dudley Street Roxbury Lyncll Boston Police Department Tynech John J. Harney Thomas J. Connorton Michael O’hara Edwin K. Curtis Lynch Curtis Boston Europe O'Meara

Shipping News Arrived at Lake Como and Nearby Ports

Shipping notices list numerous steamers and tugs arriving and sailing from Atlantic ports. Vessels include Blackwood St John B loaded for Avana, Mohawk Whitmore to Portland, and barges Scully Coastwise International to Lynn. Steamer Feleus London Sagamore and Takewood Norfolk sail after the 28th, with schooners Nellie Eaton and Annie Reuben bound for Lubec Stonington.

Lake Como Blackwood St. John B Avana Lake Akkra Cole Newport News Kershaw James Norfolk Mohawk Whitmore Portland Blue Ridge Frown Schester Frapers J. McDonald Forsyth Port Elizabeth G. H Paok Nielsen Scully Coastwise International Bonde Port Reading Preston Lynn Cleona Skippack Saturn Cunningham Beverly Mahoning J. A. Mumford Clayton Bristol Hantsport N.S New York Ontario Hawes Nesquehoning Maryland W. B Charles II Shew. Mott Providence Holly M. Mitchell Davie Chase Chenango Feleus London Sagamore Halifax N. S Takewood Lake Butler Baltimore Lakeville Cto Tampico New Orleans Lake Bledsoe Maton Nellie Eaton Lubec Annie Reuben Stonington Tnes Standard Nocouy Plymouth Ll. & Wy Brb Co Salem Port Johnson BE. L. Pillsbury Charles F. Pritchard Philadelphia International Haute Monitor Buckahoe Wyoming Remus Metacomet Perth Amboy

Naval and maritime notes from the Atlantic coast

The report covers crew listings aboard ships including the British steamship Peleus under Captain Donald Mansfield and the American schooner Francis J. McDonald returning to quarantine at St. Thomas after a five month voyage from South Africa. Also noted are the steam tug Mars towing the Stirling to Portland, and other vessel movements and cargo details including cusk halibut and wool aboard.

Haddock L. Cod M. Cod Pollock B. Atwood LL. Spurling Fannie Belle Atwood Mansfield Boston Japan China Francis J. McDonald South Africa Forsyth Port Elizabeth St. Thomas Virgin Islands Vineyard Haven Mars Stirling Lockport WN. S Portland Sadie Nunan Nova Scotia

Fire Engulfs Lynchburg Center as Blaze Spreads

A rapid fire began in a dry goods store in downtown Lynchburg Virginia late tonight. The blaze spread to several stores and threatened the Young Men's Christian Association building as alarms were raised.

Lynchburg Young Men’s Christian Association

Death notices from Brighton Chelsea and Dorchester months

Horace A Webb husband of Margaret Webb dies in Brighton. Funeral from 9 Brackett Street Thursday at 9 am with Requiem at Church of Our Lady of the Presentation at 10 am. William Bagley of Chelsea dies December 20. Funeral from 102 Washington Avenue Tuesday December 31 at 9 am with Requiem at St. Rose's Church. A Requiem Mass for the son of Mary A Grant nee Doucette, wife of James Grant, at St William's Church Dorchester on Thursday January 2 at 7 50 am. Relatives and friends invited.

St. Rose's Church Mary A. Grant Doucette James ©. Grant St. William's Church Dorchester

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