Joint recital by Clara Butt and Kennerly Rumford in Symphony Hall
In Symphony Hall yesterday afternoon a large audience heard Mme Clara Butt and her husband Kennerly Rumford in a joint recital. Butt praised for a deep contralto voice while Rumford impressed with serious aims and a sturdy baritone. They offered a varied program including Grieg, Strauss and Debussy with popular songs and a duet.
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Symphony Hall
Mme
Clara Butt
Kennerly Rumford
Mme. Butt
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Rumford
Rumford
Mme, Butt
Andel
Bourgicault-Ducoudray
Debussy
Grieg
Strauss
MacDowell
Goring Thomas
Boston Opera House Delights With Modern French Music
A Boston Opera House program featured modern French works by Berlioz Debussy and Charpentier performed by the Boston Opera Company under Andre Caplet. Soloists Mme Bernice Fisher Ernestine Gauthier Edmond Clement and Horace Britt received enthusiastic notices as the audience applauded repeatedly.
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Boston Opera House
Boston Opera Company
Andre Caplet
Berlioz
Romain
Saltarello
Debussy
Charpentier
Italy
Paris Conservatoire
Florent Schmitt
Boston
America
Mme
Bernice Fisher
Ernestine Gauthier
Messrs. Diaz
Sempieri
Walther Straram
Charles Strong
Edmond Clement
Horace Britt
Clement
Lalo
Massenet
Ravel
Britt
Boekmann
$600,000,000 Land Rights Fight Opens in Baltimore Area
The Western Calvert Heirs' Association in Kansas City announced a forthcoming legal contest to reclaim lands around Baltimore granted in the 17th century to the first Lord Baltimore by King James I. The estate, valued at about $600 million, includes Maryland lands and rumored holdings in Ireland along with an old manor and a lordship title.
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Kansas City
Western Calvert Heirs’ Association
Baltimore
James I
England
Maryland
Ireland
Cautionary tale on get rich quick schemes and smart investing
A speaker recounts personal losses from remote oil well fraud and warns against trusting "friendly" promoters. He urges investing only through reputable banks or conservative advisers, stresses avoiding reliance on promoters or mailed circulars, and calls for public warnings to protect savers especially the elderly and those with small savings.
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Woodbine
Continental Company Incorporation Noted in Massachusetts
Wilmot R. Evans Robert S. Herrick Philip Stockton and Daniel G. Wing formed the Continental Company under Massachusetts law with authorized capital of 500000 dollars. The charter allows the purchase or ownership of stock bonds debentures notes or other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation or individual and to deal in and vote on such securities.
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Wilmot R. Evans
Robert S. Herrick
Philip Stockton
Daniel G. Wing
Massachusetts
Continental Company
Higginson Named for Harvard Club Head
The Harvard Club of Boston will switch from a voluntary association to a corporation at its annual meeting. The session is set for 4 p.m. on Wednesday January 15 at the Exchange Club, with officers and a nominations committee announced.
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Harvard Club of
Boston
Exchange Club
Growth of club as house plans advance
The club has grown rapidly since voting to build its house. It reports 2668 members with 417 applications pending. Of members 2252 are resident, 346 nonresident and 70 faculty. Organized March 19, 1908 with 22 members, the counts rose to 78 on Jan 1 1909, 1195 in 1910, 1330 in 1911, and 1465 in 1912.
Medals Awarded to West End House Athletes 1912
Members of the West End House received medals for athletic distinctions in 1912 at a gathering at 45 Chambers Street. Dr. Barnard Finkelstein presented awards to baseball players and track team members. silver cups and certificates recognized various events including 15 mile and 10 mile walks. The club plans a 1 1 2 mile Washington's Birthday conditioning walk for qualified members.
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West End House
Chambers Street
Barnard Finkelstein
Edward Block
Ernest Cranston
David Freeman
Leo Pass
George Butler
Louis Levine
Abraham M. Caplan
Mark Boartman
Harry Friendlick
I. W. Davis
Benjamin Lapp
David Goldberg
W. M. Applebaum
Israel Apple
Market Review and Outlook for the New Year
The week closed with cautious trading as money markets faced year end dividend demands and high call money. Prices rallied from December lows on easier money, but a new bull move seems unlikely before tariff discussions and bear Febru ary. Foreseen monetary relief and a large foreign trade surplus in 1912 underpin a cautious, potentially rising stock backdrop.
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New York
Pujo
Bank of England
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Wickersham
Southern Pacific
Street Opinions on the Market
A compilation of market views from Boston and New York firms Hayden, Stone & Co, Clement, Parker & Co, Keveney, Sawtelle & Co, I. M. Taylor & Co, J. S. Bache & Co, Wiggin & Elwell, Henry Clews & Co, Hunt, Ellis & Co, Charles A. Day & Co, and others. They forecast cautious but generally hopeful sentiment for 1918, noting European Balkan settlement, tariff debates, labor concerns, monetary tightness, and anticipated market adjustments with copper, steel, and banking conditions shaping the near term outlook.
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New York
Bank of England
J. S. Bache & Co
Wiggin & Elwell
Boston
Supreme Court
Henry Clews & Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
England
Germany
Hunt, Ellis & Co
Charles A. Day & Co
Calendar for Today on Railway and Industrial Stocks
Daily list of stock quotes and dividend preferences including Brazil Railway Joliet & Chicago Swift & Co Ex-Dividend Corn Products pref Eagle White Lead pref Granite Railway Pay-As-You-Enter Corp Brazil Railway Chicago Railway Equipment Garvin Machine pref F and S Leaf Tobacco Warehouse pref Illinois Central Leased Lines J 8 Youngs Company noting per cent values and market movements.
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Brazil Railway Pref
Joliet & Chicago
Swift & Co
Corn Products R
Eagle White Lead
Granite Railway
Pay
Brazil Railway
Chicago
Garvin Machine
F. &S. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse
Illinois Central
J. 8 Youngs Company
International Railway Co. plans bonds refunding and upgrade
Perry Coffin and Burr offer International Railway Co Buffalo bonds due Nov 1 1962 at 971 2 and interest. The company runs traction systems in Buffalo Niagara Falls and nearby towns serving about 550000 people. Bonds with Public Service Commission approval exempt from NY taxes. 1912 gross earnings exceed 6 million with a surplus over interest charges of 1 103 960 40. A strong sinking fund starts this year.
Officials Elected for Wm P Bonbright & Co
William P Bonbright & Co Inc, which took over the business on January 1, has elected officers. President is William P Bonbright. Vice presidents include Starling W Childs Irving W Bonbright O B Wilcox Frederic C Walcott William F Fisher Right Hon Lord Fairfax and G C Cassels. F W Stehr is treasurer and G R Buckman secretary, with Stehr and Buckman also elected vice presidents. The board includes Sidney Z Mitchell of Electric Bond & Share and Louis Egerton of London.
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WM. P. Bonbright & CO
William P. Bonbright & Co., Inc
William P. Bonbright & Co
William P. Bonbright
Starling W. Childs
Irving W. Bonbright
O. B. Wilcox
Frederic C. Walcott
William F. Fisher
Lord Fairfax
G. C. Cassels
F. W. Stehr
Continental Gas & Electric bonds set for public offer
P. W. Brooks & Co. completed negotiations for 950000 of first lien collateral trust 5 percent bonds of the Continental Gas & Electric Corporation. The company runs 10 public utility plants in Iowa and Nebraska under Cleveland engineers, bonds to be offered to the public shortly.
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Continental Gas & Electric Corporation
P. W. Brooks & Co
Iowa
Nebraska
Cleveland Engineers
Massed Sodalists of Boston Honor Vocations at BC Chapel
More than 200 members of the Catholic Alumni Sodality of Boston attended a mass at the Sodality Chapel, Boston College, celebrated by Rev. Peter F. Cusick. The service featured a sermon on the vocation of a lawyer, Te Deum, and a breakfast in the music room.
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Catholic Alumni Sodality of
Boston
Sodality Chapel
Boston College
Chaplin
Peter F. Cusick
Father Cusick
John F. Pierce
The
Sodality
John D. Drum
Officer at State Prison Dies of Heart Trouble
Edmund H. Witham a 15 year state prison officer who helped quell the Willis brothers riot in the rotunda died suddenly at his Charlestown home from heart trouble. He began work at 18 in the Boston House of Correction later moved to Deer Island and also served at the quarantine station for a year.
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Edmund H. Witham
State Prison
Willis Brothers
High Street
Charlestown
Mr.Witham
Boston
House of Correction
Deer Island
Quarentine Station
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Brown, Shipley & CO
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Pall Fall, S. VW
Opera House
Standard Oil
J.k.rice, Jr. & Co
Hanover
Wall St
N.Y
Western Power
Pacific Gas & Electric
Adirondack Electric Power
Northern States Power
Fields of Mexico Co
Auchian Power Co
Seprese
E. Bunge & CO
Broad Street
Rector
Birds OF Prey
John D. Long
Continental CO. IS Incorporated
Albert Thorndike
Asaph Churchill
Robert Homans
Percy D. Haughton
John W. Hallowell
B. Loring Young
Frederick Ayer, Jr
Frederic M. Stone
Frederick P. Cabot
John J. Hayes
Henrys. Thompson
R. H. Oveson
Karl 8
Paul R. Withington
George Wigglesworth
William Endicott, Jr
Joseph W. Tuund
James A. Parker
Edgar H. Wells
Henry L. Higginson
Colin Roberts
F. 8. Mead
P. W. Thomson
William 8. Hall
Thomas K. Cummins
Robert F. Herrick
James Lawrence, Jr
Frederick W. Thayer
John D. Merrill
Sydney M. Williams
Robert Winsor, Jr
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George B. Morison
Roland W. Boyden
Thomas B. Gannett
F. L. Higginson, Jr
Arthur Perry, Jr
G. Peabody Gardner, Jr
Keveney, Sawtelle & Co
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Democratic Party
I. M. Taylor & Co
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Public Service Commission
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Thomas Penney
the International Railway Company
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FEDERAL _TRUST CO
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David Bates
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John T, Burnett
Charles L. Burrill
Hiram M. Burton
Timothy E. Byrnet
William J. Carlin
John T, Connor
Peter H. Corr
William J, Daly William J. Emeric
Joseph H. O'Neil
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Thomas F. Galvin
John H. Gibbs
John C. Heydr
Samuel Hobbs
Timothy E. Hopkins
Franklin E. Hunt
R. Arthur H. James James
Ww. Kenney Toutihnt
O& LV Nn
Wwe
Frank Severoni
John C. Heyer
Muel A. Merrill
Lawrence J. Logan
James Lumsden
James M. Morrison
Henry P. Nawn
Charles H. Olmsted
Joseph H. O’ne
John E. Stanton
Charles B., Strecker
Edwin Wilcoc 100
Catholic Sailors’ Club
John A. Brett
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