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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
14
Monday column answers reader questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. The paper aims for impartial data from trustworthy sources and will not guarantee accuracy or predict market movements. Inquiries must include full name and street address for attention.
Adams Express has faced severe market price losses from 1917 18 due to rail system breakdowns war cost rises and parcel post in the post office. It has had large outside investments which narrowed an operating deficit to 723 411 in 1917 18 and a final net income deficit of 1 785 427 vs 1 969 144 in 1916. A consolidation into American Railway Express is planned with staged distributions to government and company. Prior to 194 no dividends on common stock have been paid. Par value is 100 per share.
Captain Frederick G. Strong longtime Gloucester skipper and later police officer will celebrate his 22nd birthday at his son’s home in Cambridge. Born in Newfoundland he sailed at 16 aboard the Lord Nelson and captained a full rig ship at 22 before entering fishing and later serving 27 years in Gloucester’s force.
Lovers of fine storytelling will enjoy Me Lee of the North by James Oliver Curwood. The piece forms part of next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine and highlights Curwood's memorable far north fiction.
The market shows an ongoing rise with higher volumes then a reaction as prices advance for 14 sessions with mixed leadership among key stocks. Government measures and readjustments across steel cement and lumber may occur while investors wait for clearer business improvement and policy terms on forthcoming government financing.
In Coblenz. US army officers surveying demobilization of German forces conclude the old army remnants in regimental and battalion depots are useless. Estimates put the old army at about 300,000 men, largely from the 1899 class, with the new volunteer force numbering 125,000 to 200,000. Noske expected to abolish the old army soon.
The interallied commission submits armistice terms to Ukraine stating Lemberg and all petroleum wells remain in Polish control. Ukraine likely to accept thanks to influence of Petlura, the peasant leader.
Police probe the unidentified man found dead on the top floor of a lodging house at 11 Upton Street in Back Bay. A departing guest left a travel bag with a letter for Dr Arthur Curtis of Manchester New Hampshire. A mysterious phone call claimed poisoning but no ambulance was requested. The victim is about 38, 5 8, 140 pounds with brown hair hazel eyes.
Coblenz municipal government bans civilian carnival festivities for the rest of the year. The Volks Zeitung thanks the Coblenz police and the American military authorities for suppressing excesses and masquerades amid conditions in occupied and unoccupied Germany.
The Rev. T. M. Tong of Wusih in the Shanghai diocese preached at a solemn eucharist and sermon service at the Church of the Advent. He was not born a Christian but was baptized as a youth and educated at St. John's Seminary. The church was crowded with Chinese students and others, and Tong received a reception in a hall by Boston Chinese students under the Women's Auxiliary of the Advent.
New York March 2 Plans for a memorial to the airmen who will not come back to be erected in the Toul France cemetery where Major Lufbery Hobey Baker Blair Thaw and other famous American airmen are buried were adopted by the Aero Club of America Captain Eddie Rickenbacker named chairman of the fund He said the memorial honors those heroes who inspired the fortunate to return The club also plans a memorial in the United States and Rear Admiral Robert B Peary was named chairman of the committee to outline plans
Six sailors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station are in custody amid reports of graft linked to discharge procedures. A seaman, Samuel Moscowky of Detroit, died by suicide after allegedly confessing to a fraud scheme. Lieutenant Commander C. B. Roberts said no charges prove discharges were sold, but some enlisted men and a few petty officers are accused of abusing influence. The probe, ordered by the station commandant, follows a prior graft expose elsewhere.
A tablet honoring Rev Dr Samuel Francis Smith author of America was unveiled during the centennial observances of the First Baptist Church in Waterville Maine He formerly led the church from 1834 to 1842 and taught at Waterville Seminary now Colby College Letters from former pastors Henry Burrage William Spencer and Edwin Whittemore were read and the current pastor Arthur S Phelps delivered the sermon tonight
The Dutch schooner Dreadnought wrecked on Morant Cays while sailing from Porto Rico Colombia to Manzanillo. Twenty eight people aboard were landed. the mate and three crew reached Kingston reporting the vessel battered to pieces and castaways without food. Assistance has been sent. The home port was Curacao. Morant Cays lie about 33 miles southeast of Morant Point, Jamaica.
Edward Holton James arrives in Boston after 40 months in Kaiser's Moabit prison. He abandons socialist aims for an international republic and says American republicanism must be the controlling, inspiring force behind any global organization or League of Nations.
Thomas W. Gregory will accompany President Wilson to Paris as general adviser and unofficial counsellor to the President during the peace conference. He resigns as attorney general Tuesday and will be succeeded by A. Mitchell Palmer. Gregory will advise on constitutional questions about the League of Nations and general policy.
The Boston Post promises thrilling confessions from Madame Botchkareva leader of Russia's Women's Battalion of Death. She reportedly faced firing squads survived two suicide attempts and hangs and was wounded repeatedly while earning six decorations for bravery.
Secretary Daniels issued the procedure for obtaining the $60 gratuity under the revenue bill for those honorably discharged from or released from active duty in the naval forces after service during the war.
The notice explains who is eligible for a wartime gratuity including officers and enlisted personnel of the navy and Marine Corps, naval reservists and coast guard personnel, and those in related services who served actively. It details exceptions for those already paid one month’s pay on discharge, or those with retired pay, and notes gratuities are not payable to heirs. It outlines payment by the final settlement supply officer and where to claim for those separated, with required documentation and procedures for missing discharge records.
Professor Walter F. Athern urged government controlled universal schooling until age 18 with a prescribed physical and religious course to strengthen moral force. The remarks were delivered before about 200 members of the Harvard Congregational Church in Dorchester late last evening.
The United States Supreme Court will reconvene tomorrow after its February recess. Justices will resume hearing arguments on pending cases following the period of opinions.
The Boston Central Labor Union debated the Lawrence textile strike with bitterness. It endorsed the strike two weeks earlier but referred the issue to the executive board with power to investigate and report back at the next meeting.
President O'Donnell denounces the Lawrence strike endorsement as misrepresented and calls for its withdrawal. William Collins of Local 97 defends the stance, Aaron Vellemena supports reendorsement, and Fred Kneeland seeks to rescind. Letters from John Golden and Sarah Conboy condemn the strike. A final vote outcome looms at the next meeting. A separate motion supports Ireland freedom, prohibition action, and tax requests for Boston officials. A follow up committee will press Mayor Peters’ tax limit petition at the State House.
Labor notes cover various union actions in Boston area: Huddell travels with Governor Coolidge to Washington for a labor conference. A L suspended charter of Steam Shovel and Dredge men. Blacksmiths Union discusses non citizen employees at the Squantum shipyards. Lumber Teamsters plan a May 1 wage schedule presentation. United Hebrew Trades to inform the public on Lawrence strike. Foundry Employees seek wage scale hearings. Dock Freight Handlers report unsettled wage dispute. Creamery and Milk Wagon unions plan amalgamation. New Haven system five day week sparks protests. Clerks expect the 40 cent pay increase talks to resume.
Professor Fernau analyzes Germany election results in Journal de Geneve. He notes about 19.6 million votes favoring a republic for 240 deputies, nearly 4 million votes for the old regime for 3 deputies, and about 6.5 million votes for the Catholic centre. He urges peace with the German people, not the Scheidemann government or Brockdorff-Rantzau.
Washington March 2 The nomination of John Skelton Williams to succeed himself as comptroller of the currency was taken up in an executive session of the Senate but Republican senators objected and it was laid over.
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