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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1916
Page
4
The spring examination for promotion in the customs service at Boston is fixed by the Civil Service Commission for March 6. All employees below clerk grade who have at least two years in service are eligible for promotion through this exam.
The commission announced openings in multiple federal posts including assistant chemist at Watertown Arsenal with 1200 salary, pharmaceutical research chemist in Washington at 3000, foundry helper at the Bureau of Standards 600 to 720, master mechanic at Frankford Arsenal 2400, and home economics extension assistant in Washington with 1800 to 2500. Applicants must show required experience or degrees and apply at once to the Civil Service Commission in Boston.
John N. O'Donohue deputy collector of internal revenue discusses The Income Tax at 7 30 tomorrow evening at the Pace Institute of Accountancy. Charles A Pace of New York lectures on A Programme of Education for the Business Man. Invitations go to executives and accountants as the winter term opens.
A Pan American Declaration of the Rights of Nations prepared by Secretary Lansing Elihu Root and Dr James Brown Scott and adopted in executive session by the American Institute of International Law was made public today by Dr Scott president of the institute.
The draft declaration claims to reflect official views of American commonwealths though not formally ratified by all. It was reviewed by South American international law authorities including Ambassador Sfarez and Dr Alejandro Alvarez of Chile. The institute’s 105 members unanimously adopted it on January 6.
The article outlines an international law institute's five principles inspired by the US Declaration of Independence. It asserts nations’ rights to existence, independence, equality before law, territory, and mutual protection, with a Havana meeting planned next year. It then shifts to Old Black Joe, a five year old ebony crow at the Zoo known for begging tidbits and entertaining visitors.
A mining man from El Paso and Boston says some Mexican farms dwarf Massachusetts in area. He notes a ranch with irrigation plant costs totaling about 10 million dollars and stresses Americans overlook the country’s value.
President Wilson spent the day aboard the Mayflower drafting national defense speeches for later this week. The White House prepared detailed plans for his New York and middle West addresses and outlined a Western trip program to be presented tomorrow. A possible brief stop in St. Louis may be arranged.
Kidder, Peabody & Co. announce the American Fund for the French Wounded has surpassed the $40,000 mark with a total of $41,553.59. New subscriptions list multiple donors and amounts across motor truck, work rooms, memory gifts, general fund, posters, and cash boxes.
Mary Pickford reflects on old actors in moving pictures as refuge for aging performers. She recalls a veteran comedian who died at the Home for Actors and honors the elderly as childlike and gentle, urging reverence for aging colleagues. Pickford notes her Talks will run five days weekly in the Daily Post and Sundays in the Sunday Post.
A grieving mother explains her four month old daughter died after three weeks of illness contracted while loaned daily to a moving picture studio. She sought advice on suing the studio, noting five dollars a day payments and that money eased hardship while the family’s finances were not dire.
The Boston and Albany Railroad nearly lifts its embargo on freight in effect since January 6. After three weeks of intense work a surge in handled freight raised eastbound cars moved from Albany to 1025 per day, greatly surpassing last year. From now on the railroad will take most freight except shipments to New Haven line points and livestock for export.
North Andover January 23. Davis and Furber Machine Company employees approved a 10 percent wage rise at a mass meeting. About seven hundred workers were involved and will return to work tomorrow.
Former Representative Casassa of Revere pushes a bill in Beacon Hill to have Bay State Street Railway receive Boston Elevated cars at Orient Heights and move them via the Boston & Rovere Electric Street Railway to Revere Beach. The plan lets Bay State pay Boston Elevated for car use and allows PSC approved fare adjustments to cover the cost.
Twenty people mostly women and children were hurt in a collision between two elevated trains on a new Harlem River drawbridge. Officials say one train ran past a signal and struck the second car.Passengers panicked as guards restrained others from the live third rail and leaping into the river.
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