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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1918

Page

14

Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company Salvage and Reinsurance Figures

Financial disclosures for Atlantic Mutual Insurance show re insurance premiums and returns of premiums with dividends on outstanding certificates. The document lists assets liabilities and notes including reserves, paid dividends, and reinsurance positions as of December 1917, noting valuation adjustments and certificates of profits.

Iegal G. Stanton Floyd-Jones United States St of New York New York Comnsoe Wall Street William busGotaneuteens Exchange Place Staten Island Aanadaosee Sette Niels Shah Een Ae Acridarets Aks Queensland Australia Insurance Department Staten Ieland Insurance New England

Carnation Exhibit to Open Tomorrow

The 27th annual convention and exhibition of the American Carnation Society will open tomorrow night at Hørtval Hall. An unusual display is planned and admission on the opening night will be free.

Horttval Hall

Luce Heads Noted Club in Massachusetts

The Republican Club of Massachusetts elected Robert Luce of Waltham as president. Officers include Earl E. Davidson as secretary and George A. Rich as treasurer with a list of district vice presidents and an executive committee. The returning president, Lewis Parkhuyet, presided.

Republican Club of Massachusetts Robert Luce Waltham Luce Curtis Guild Augustus P. Gardner Samuel J. Elder Earl BE. Davidson Brookline George A. Rich Foxboro John B. Hull Great Barrington Ralph W. Ellis Springfield Frank O. Hardy Fitchburg Weston George B. Keith Brockton Walter M. Lowney Manefield Eben S Keith Sagamore William A. L. Bazeley Uxbridge Spencer Borden, Jr Fall River George B. Churchill Amherst Howell Crosby Arlington Louis A. Frye Holbrook Lee M. Friedman Boston Eugene C. Hu

Ayer Camp Tops New England Health Standards

Ayer Camp Devens reports superior sanitary and health conditions compared with cities of similar size in New England. Major J. L. Siner, divisional sanitary inspector, released figures praising the camp’s standing among army training and mobilization points nationwide.

Devens New England J. L. Siner

Camp Devens Health Report Shows No Blacklist Yet

Major Liner details at Camp Devens noting no blacklist status despite sickness levels. About 65 companies or 8000 men are under measles quarantine with 400 measles cases in five months and 29 deaths since September 5.

Major Liner Devens War Department Nashua

Catholic Club of Dorchester Sues for Theatre Use

The Catholic Club of Dorchester filed a bill in equity to compel the Franklin Park Theatre on Blue Hill Avenue to allow its 10th annual minstrel show on Monday February 11. The writ is returnable tomorrow. Tickets had been printed and sold. The club refuses to change the date due to Lent.

Catholic Club of Dorchester Daniel T. O’connell Joseph F. O'Connell Equity Franklin Park Theatre Blue Hill Avenue Catholic Club

Victory Bread in Boston Cuts White Flour Use

Mrs. Fred A. Lindsay leads a test bake of victory bread in Boston using 10 percent less white flour and replacing it with cornmeal and rye flour. The loaf feeds two orphans at the Volunteer Home and signals wartime scarcity relief while detailing a recipe and urging continued flour reductions. The report notes coal shipments to Boston and Worcester, and the potential impact of steamship aid.

Victory Boston Hoover Fred A. Lindsay Colonel Lindsay The Volunteers of America Lindsay Cedar Street Roxbury Myrtle Gladys Post Worcester Anna Cooper Gladys Lindsay Myrtle Lindsay Jessie Nicholson

Revolution Has Begun in Finland

Reports from Hapaaranda say the long threatened Finnish revolution has begun in the eastern provinces. The Red Guard has occupied the Helsingfors railway station and fighting is reported around Viborg as foreign consuls leave the capital.

Stockholm Finland Haparanda Red Guard Helsingfors Viborg

Red Guard Holds Rikimak as Bolsheviks Aid Reds in Helsinki

Russian troops aid the Reds as reinforcements approach Petrograd. In Helsinki the ruling Bolshevik fleet commands the city and threats disband the White Guard. Finnish President Svinhufvud resists while Izvestia warns of out of control troops and widespread plunder. Telegraph links with Petrograd are broken.

Red Guard Petrograd Russia Finland Law and Order Helsingfors Svinhufvud Socialist Teaders Izfestia Tinland

Redguards From Petrograd To Reinforce Viborg Fight

Six hundred Redguards with machine guns departed Petrograd for Viborg to reinforce the Finnish Redguard in ongoing fighting.

Petrograd Viborg Petrograd Viborg

Hospital for Jail Is Voted

The City Council approved six to one a 132500 appropriation to convert the sheriff s home at the Charles street jail into a hospital and 17500 for a new sheriff s residence. John Koren urged immediate hospital facilities and a general assembly and dining room for male prisoners. Prison Director Cyrus B Adams supported the plan. Councillor Attridge opposed. Councillors Ford Watson McDonald Wellington Collins Ballantyne voted yes. Councillor Hagan did not vote.

Charles Street John Koren United States Cyrus B. Adams Attridge Ford Watson McDonald Wellington Collins Ballantyne Hagan

Allied leaders in Paris for council plenary meeting

Paris January 28. British prime minister David Lloyd George Viscount Milner and General Archibald Wavell arrived in Paris from London for the supreme war council plenary session. Italian premier Professor Orlando and Italian war minister General Alferi join the gathers for talks.

Paris David Lloyd, George Viscount Milner Professor Orlando General Alfieri London Supreme War Council

Lynn phone operators vote to demand higher wages

The Lynn Telephone Operators Union met in Moose Hall and voted to demand wage increases and threaten a strike if not granted. A five member committee was appointed to confer with the general manager after district traffic manager Benjamin ignored a prior wage schedule request led by union president Miss Laura B. Chaffee.

Lynn Moose Hall Benjamin Laura B. Chaffee

Supreme Court Reverses Ruling On Pythians Assessments

The Supreme Court today set aside lower court decrees denying the Knights of Pythias supreme lodge the right to raise assessments on endowment class insurance under by laws amended in 1888.

Washington Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias Supreme Court

Boston Faces Mass Factory Closures Over Coal Shortage

Boston towns big plants face shutdowns as coal supply dwindles. Gov’t aid unlikely. desks and depots planned with ration cards granting limited weekly coal, 50 to 100 pounds per delivery. Officials urge prompt relief and warn of broader unemployment, hospital and public works fuel priorities.

Boston

Stone praises public cooperation on Boston opening rules

Robert B. Stone commends the public for following early opening and closing regulations. He credits newspapers for publishing rules and changes and highlights police cooperation in enforcing them across the city.

Robert B. Stone Boston Conservation Department

Somerville Coal Prices Raised By Fuel Commission

The Somerville Fuel Commission approves a coal price increase to avoid depriving the poor. New rates shown include stove and furnace coal at 10.25 dollars plus 40 cents basketing, pea coal at 9.25 dollars plus 40 cents basketing, with variations for self delivery and small bag quantities. Buckwheat and screenings priced per ton, with yard and store delivery adjustments.

Somerville

Heatless Monday Keeps Boston Area Strict Compliance

City shows full adherence to fuel administration orders with a bone dry status. Public bars and wine rooms closed. stores, factories, offices, schools, barber shops, and many commercial establishments shuttered. Elevators ran only where officials worked. theatres stayed open drawing large crowds.

Greater Boston Fuel Administration

Blizzard Halts Traffic Across Eastern States

A blizzard wedges blight across Pennsylvania West Virginia and the Pittsburgh area causing widespread traffic disruption. Ten to fourteen inches of new snow plus sleet and bitter winds raise drifts to about two feet shutting all service from East Philadelphia and Washington to Altoona and Pittsburgh. East bound passenger trains and much freight in the district are halted with conditions worsening in the anthracite region.

New York A. H. Smith Pennsylvania West Virginia Allegheny Mountains Pittsburg East Phitedulnhia Washington Altoona

Reducing Street Car Stops Aims to Save Coal

Washington plan proposes saving more than a million tons of coal yearly by limiting street car stops to eight per mile and restricting car heating to 45 degrees Fahrenheit as advised to the fuel administration.

Washington The Fuel Administration

Winter storm halts rail traffic across New York region

Eight inches of snow crippled mine operations and froze rail lines. Every available man was used to keep lines open, but weather overwhelmed crews. Temperatures dropped to 10 below in northern New York and 2 below in central New York with heavy winds and snow. Passenger service on the New York Central, New Haven Hartford, Lehigh Valley, Erie and Jersey Central was seriously disrupted with several trains canceled. Some New York bound trains abandoned passengers in towns with hotels.

New York New York Central New Haven & Hartford Lehigh Valley Erie New Jersey Central

Cambridge to close most schools except four grammar sites

The Cambridge school committee, urged by Superintendent Michael E. Titzgerald, voted to close all schools indefinitely except the high schools and four grammar schools. Eighth grades will stay in session in the four opened grammar schools with locations to be chosen by pupil capacity. The plan aims to prevent disruption to next fall’s high school entry.

David A. Wilts Boston Fuel Committee Ellis Boston UT 6 Cambridge Michael E. Titzgerald Fitzgerald

Mayor Approves Coal Purchase for Penal Institutions

Mayor Curley yesterday approved buying 3480 tons of coal for penal institutions from the New England Coal & Coke Company. The coal cost about 11.46 per ton including 3 cent lightage and 3 percent US war tax.

Curley Penal Institutions New England Coal & Coke Company Sotto Voce United States

Phelan Takes Up New Duties As Assistant Food Administrator

Boston banker James J. Phelan yesterday assumed the post as assistant to Henry B. Endicott the New England food administrator. The governor's council promptly confirmed the nomination amid broad praise for his public service and business experience.

James J. Phelan Boston McCall Executive Council Mr. Phelan Henry B. Endicott New England Governor’s Council Phelan Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety Fish and Poultry Commission Ninth Regiment 101St Commonwealth Military Emergency Hospital

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