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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1913
Page
12
The first draft of the blue sky law, produced after talks with bankers, the attorney general and the tax commissioner, sets a 1914 start and 14 sections. It requires license registration, disclosures by dealers, annual agent registration, and state examinations, with penalties for violations and broad exemptions for certain bonds and short-term instruments.
Calendar lists payable dates in parentheses and a slate of bonds and stocks including Portland Ry Lt. & Power 11-4 per cent, San Toy Mag 1 per cent, Standard Oil of Ind 8 per cent and 3 per cent extra, Tennessee Ry Lt. & Power pfd 11-2 per cent, plus listings for Amalgamated Copper meeting and various company securities such as Central & So Amer Tel, Mexican Telegraph, Adams Express Bldg Co, and Wyandot Copper Co.
A terse call to real time communication for stock and bond brokers worldwide inviting engagement and action. The text emphasizes immediacy and professional connectivity across markets and regions.
Notice to shareholders calls a meeting Monday May 19 1918 at 8 p m in the banking rooms 2370 Washington Ave Roxbury for election of officers adoption of new by laws and other business. Frank E Cruff treasurer.
A six day trading lull follows a sharp advance as volumes stay thin and investors await clearer guidance. Copper and wheat reports bolster bullish sentiment while steel orders soften, fueling mixed implications for earnings and the prospect of rail rate changes ahead.
Boston College will elect a team captain this afternoon in the college small gymnasium. Francis J. Murphy, class of 1918, has served as temporary leader through more than half of the schedule and is favored to be chosen.
Readers inquire about all listed and unlisted stocks and bonds of New England industrial, public utility, bank and mill companies. The Post will answer impartially from trustworthy data but does not guarantee accuracy or market forecasts. Include full name and address and write to FINANCIAL EDITOR, Boston Post, Boston, Mass.
The column reexamines whether Boston & Maine is suitable for individuals at about $55 a share, noting high near-term notes due and modest earnings even with rate gains. It also reviews Amoskeag common and preferred stock, citing 1912 results and tariff risks, and warns about North Butte's past publicity issues while noting claimed future reserves and earnings.
A prophetic call for peace as nations sense a dawn of change across East and West. The speaker urges lifting cynicism and embracing truth, love, and justice, proclaiming a new era where the world aligns through shared aspirations and a path of peace. The poem invokes France and the Atlantic as voices guiding humanity toward a common good.
Question asks for Shannon Copper Company prospects and dividends. Answer notes high production costs limit payouts to high-priced metal. For late 1912 earnings covered 0.50 per share, with surplus. At current prices and production, a $1.50 annual dividend seems possible, but last 0.50 share was paid Jan 30, indicating no fixed quarterly commitment. Preference is to invest in a lower cost producer.
The banking department of New York will auction 3019 subdivided lots of the Morris Park Race Track property in the Bronx from May 31 onward. Governor Hughes and Governor Sulzer direct equal access, with 70 percent of prices possibly mortgaged. J Clarence Davies and Joseph P Day named as agents to provide maps and details to investors.
Information from Atlantic Massachusetts indicates a meeting of principal stockholders was held in the city on Monday to discuss further development. the mine is currently closed but expected to resume within three months. The company is well run and has opened up the property, yet results suggest the project remains speculative.
In Berne 218 French and German lawmakers met under Baron D'Estournelles de Constant to improve German relations. They unanimously repudiated patriotic excitability and called for lower armaments while backing Secretary Bryan's arbitration treaties and urging disputes between France and Germany be referred to The Hague. Only 33 Germans attended versus 185 French delegates.
New York May 11 invitation asks United States Great Britain Canada Newfoundland Australia and Ghent to help mark a century of peace among English speaking peoples. International conferees in the United States plan the December 1914 celebration urging governments to transmit the invitation.
Conferees representing Great Britain Newfoundland United States Canada Australia and Ghent invite governments and peoples to mark one hundred years of peace since the Ghent Treaty. They urge international cooperation to showcase peaceful relations and the elimination of carnage from war while promoting letters science arts commerce and mutual trust. They request messages via His Majesty's secretary of state for foreign affairs and the U.S. Secretary of State to spread the invitation globally and inaugurate a new era of peace and goodwill.
Peace delegates at South Congregational Church yesterday vigorously repudiated Professor Hugo Munsterberg’s suggestion that a centennial celebration of peace between English speaking peoples could be a prelude to a secret treaty against Germany. Rev Edward Cummings invited the delegates.
Hon. Joseph Allen Baker M P and Edwin D Meade defend an inclusive peace agenda for English speaking peoples and insist the alliance with the United States against Germany is unfounded. Rev H S Perris calls the effort a third rebirth of Christianity and outlines a bold centennial celebration program.
A party of peace delegates visiting Boston for the centennial celebration left for Washington at 5 o'clock yesterday after a luncheon and reception at the Milton estate of Mrs J Malcolm Forbes. Notable attendees included Governor Foss Acting Mayor Kenny Alfred Noyes and Mrs Noyes. The group toured Harvard College and Longfellow sites before departing by train for Washington. The itinerary for later visits spans Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Niagara Falls and Buffalo with receptions in each city.
In Saloniki on May 11 two Bulgarian military trains collided between Drama and Buk. One hundred people were killed and 300 injured in the crash.
Clerks on the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad system in Boston threaten to quit over alleged management failure to honor an agreement with the clerks organization. The looming labor meeting raises the prospect of a walkout as talks continue.
It was voted yesterday by the New England District Council of Electrical Workers Unions to instruct Secretary J. F. Fennell to write to the Draper Company of Hopedale and request that the several hundred model tenements which it is proposed to build there for employees be built under union conditions.
About 800 clerks of Old Colony Lodge 143 met at 694 Washington Street to discuss striking if New Haven Railroad President Mellen does not respond favorably. Ballots due by May 16 ask members to vote yes or no on a strike and include a circular urging peaceful adjustment but warning that a revision would destroy many rules and weaken the union.
International Vice President Michael J. White says Boston and Maine trackmen will cite dangerous tracks at North station as the strike enters its second week. They allege lack of inspection and poor track care since the walkout, and will present a 1909 company agreement to railroad commissioners after seeking a conference with President C S Mellen. The strike gains moral and financial backing from freight handlers and other unions.
Joseph J Ettor missed a Paterson conference as 25 delegates formed a district I W W council within 50 miles of Boston. The group will base headquarters in Boston and dispatch organizers statewide. Caleb F Howard elected secretary treasurer. executive board includes Pingree Cohen Marr Howard Collings. East Boston ship carpenters see wage gains. some miners return to work. Somerville painters hold open meeting at Liberty Hat Union Square.
Miss Annie Molloy of the Boston Operators' Union reports nearly 50 unions formed or forming across the country. Helen O'Donnell of the Springfield Operators' Union attends as a council delegate. Secretary Fennell cited letters from central labor unions replying to a strike breaker concern. Steps are being taken to organize operators in the origin localities.
In Naomi Hall Boston Cap Makers Local 7 delegates report from New York May 1–9 that the convention voted to organize the entire trade nationwide where unorganized. Other unions report meetings on wage scales rules and delegate selections for Brockton state conventions and a large turnout at a Coal Teamsters and Handlers union meeting with an upcoming conference. A Massachusetts Custom Ladies Tailors and Dress Makers Association for about 200 employers organized at the Jewish Institute on Chambers Street in the West End.
Fragmentary lines reveal a dispute between Soroooty and Onna Curanswra over a marriage proposal and perceived ignorance. The text presents an accusatory tone about naivety and beauty without clear context or outcome. The readable portion lacks concrete facts or names to establish a full report.
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