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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1915
Page
12
The week showed mixed markets with war stocks rising while railroads and coppers lagged. Industrial averages barely rose, and investors eye Steel as the key to the next move amid earnings signals and political tension with Germany. Strong overall business activity and ample money support continued gains despite some sector slowdowns.
Monday Boston Post readers may submit questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds as well as other securities. The column pledges impartial data from trusted sources and disclaims market predictions or endorsements. Inquiries must include full name and street address for attention.
Island Creek Coal Company formed in 1910 to succeed United States Coal & Oil. It controls about 20 000 acres in Logan and Mingo counties West Virginia and produces about 3 000 000 tons annually from eight miles of operations. Pond Creek Coal Company incorporated in November 1911 owns roughly 31 000 acres in Pike County Kentucky. Production lagged and earnings were barely above fixed charges with little surplus. the coal industry mood remained depressed.
The reader asks about Southern Railway's risk of receivership. the answer notes the line is not in immediate danger but dividends for preferred stock are unlikely, with past dividends questioned. It details Wabash Railroad's $30 per share assessment and the reorganization plan offering new preferred and common stock. It also comments on Baltimore and Ohio's 5 percent common dividend as cautiously sustainable amid rising earnings.
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson will work with Secretaries Garrison and Daniels on a practical national defence program. Navy expansion includes 30 submarines, battle cruisers, four dreadnoughts, more naval bases and air craft. Army aims at 500000 frontline troops with militia federalization and reserves. West Point expansion and officer training likely. coast artillery and overseas garrisons to be reviewed. private plants rapidly boost gun and ammunition production.
As the White House issued a statement, observers expect the reports to be rushed to completion and submitted within a few days, rather than the planned month or six weeks.
Fishing vessels in port with many more expected as prices drop after large arrivals. Captain Be le Clark of the Governor Cobb ill. Captain M Wentworth to replace him. Cutter Winnisimmet laid up. customs boards boats on foot. James L Maloy arrived with mangled masts after Atlantic storm. Anglian arrives London with cargo. F J Lisbon sails from London to Boston for Shawmut Steamship Company.
Shipping notices list steamers Prince Arthur Kinney Yar mouth N S Calvin Austin Mitchell St John N B Juniata James Norfolk Va Quantico Thacher Philadelphia J H Deveroux Keene Norfolk Massachusetts Col Berth New York James S Whitney Crowell New York City of Rockland Linscott Bath Camden Brown Bangor Bay State Strout Portland City of Gloucester Linneken Gloucester Cape Ann Godfrey Gloucester James J Maloy White Sand River N S towed from Rockland by tug Neptune schooners Marguerite Gerer Newburyport Gatherer Brocklebank Ipswich sloop Albert Baldwin Poland Rockport tugs Western Johnson McCarthy's Flats towing barge Fillenville for New York Standard Magan Portland towing barge S CO Co No 124 for New York S O Co No 2 Blake Bayonne N J towing barge S$. 0. Co No 128 Mars Law Philadelphia towing barges Merriam Langhorne and Manatawney Boswell Armstrong Norfolk towing barges R Bos ton and Annie M Mitchell Davis Portsmouth with barges
A maritime notice records sailings and movements of steamers and tugs. The Canadian and Prince George steamers are listed with ports from Liverpool to Yarmouth and St John. Other vessels include the schooner John R. Penrose, tugs Georges Creek and Swatara, and barges Nos 5 24 23 5 124 with associated towings and ports.
Denatto Unetti fired four shots during a party at 10 Noyes Place in North End. He fled through a rear window after a struggle, injuring himself. Gabrielle Pasquali was wounded and remains in serious but recoverable condition at City Hospital.
John Willett confronts Francis after a drunken college escapade. The father rejects excuses, assigns work, and demands self sufficiency while urging responsibility and future. A tense reconciliation follows as Willett reassumes a paternal yet firm role.
Reporter Rodney Jones visits Minot House to cover news for the Evening View. He meets Charlie Thomas, a boy of about 13 or 14 who sometimes models, and observes a busy art class with students in smocks, easels, and plaster figures under Mr. McGregor’s guidance. The scene blends aspiring art and journalistic curiosity.
Dr. John Francis Fitzgerald arrived seven hours after the birth at the Kennedy home in Waveland Nantasket and held his grandson, the couple's first grandchild.
Grandpa Fitzgerald greets his newborn grandson with joy as doctors announce a healthy ten pound boy born to Mrs Kennedy. The proud grandfather hurries from the beach to cradle the swaddled infant and post a smiling portrait.
A fragment hints at a haunting tale involving a choir boy and a private observer who senses a deeper story behind the polished exterior. The line suggests rumors or secrets shaping a young life within a historical setting.
Miss Edith Deacon of Boston, who served in the American ambulance hospital at Neuilly since the war began, arrived in New York aboard the Philadelphia. She says nursing strain caused a breakdown, went to England to rest, then returned to France, and plans to go back after a Newport visit.
An unidentified man was struck by a Nantasket bound express at Surfside Nantasket and severely injured. He was found unconscious with one leg amputated and the other crushed, no identification on him. A railroad watch read Merchants Limited and a New Haven ticket book between Whitman and South Weymouth was found.
Lieutenant Oliver Dwight Filley of the Royal Flying Corps receives the military cross for conspicuous gallantry on July 6 while observing for British artillery. He hails from a well known family and was Harvard University's varsity crew stroke ten years ago.
The official report records Lieutenant Filley and an observer, though not in a special fighting machine, attacking and driving off German planes on two occasions and continuing observation until two more enemy aircraft appeared. Filley fought them with five rounds, retired after his observer was killed and the engine damaged, then landed safely in British lines. Lieutenant Willey, a Rhodesian mining engineer by the war’s start, came to England and received his commission.
Jesse Pomeroy has been kept in his cell for five weeks due to illness. Since his mother's death, the only person who stood by him, he has declined. He recently had an indigestion attack and a physician has visited daily.
A taxicab driven by Samuel Goldberg from 160 Park Street struck a Beverly Farms bus carrying six passengers. The impact crushed the hood beneath the bus and damaged the taxi with broken axles. All bus passengers escaped with only a shaking up.
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