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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1917

Page

3

Dartmouth Track Team Leaves for Triangular Meet

Dartmouth's track squad departs Hanover for Boston to compete in the Harvard Pennsylvania Dartmouth triangular meet on Saturday. Twenty-two athletes join Manager W. K. Smith and Coach Harry Hillman on the trip. The group includes Worthington Phillips Allison Miner Lagay Chase S Holbrook R Holbrook Ludgate Sherburne Duffy Thompson Smith Buckley Hobbs Tyrell Cogswell Greene Sherburne Grady Trenholm Shea.

Angular Boston W. K. Smith Harry Hillman Worthington Phillips Allison Miner Lagay Chase S. Holbrook R. Holbrook Ludgate Sherburne Duffy Thompson Smith Buckley Hobbs Tyrell Cogswell Greene Grady Trenholm Shea

Moore Attacks Papers Over Wilson Submarine Policy

Representative J Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania renewed his attack on newspapers backing President Wilson over the submarine dispute with Germany. He urged a Democratic resolution for investigation and delivered a speech countering war with Germany, echoing pacifist arguments.

Washington J. Hampton Moore Pennsylvania Wilson Germany Callaway Great Britain Moore

TO FIRE FROM UNDER WATER

Bridgeport, Conn. February 15. Simon Lake, submarine inventor, was granted a patent for a loading and firing system enabling torpedo tubes to fire without surfacing. The design uses swivelling superstructure tubes, a pocket feed, and internal mechanisms to load and shoot from within the hull.

Bridgeport Conn Simon Lake Mr. Lake

Protest Filed Over Sinking of American Schooner Lyman M. Jaw

George W. F. Green president of the Maritime Transportation Company said he will file a protest with the State Department after receiving full details on the destruction of the American schooner Lyman M. Jaw by a submarine in the Mediterranean. He described Captain McDonough as a three generation Down Easter and noted the crew was largely New England stock with Revolutionary War ancestry. The schooner carried no contraband and sailed before diplomatic break with Germany. Green also reported another company schooner, Eagle Wings, in Marseilles and held up by French authorities en route to the United States.

New York George W. F. Green Maritime Transportation Company State Department Lyman M. J.aw Mediterranean McDonough New England United States Germany Eagle Wings Marseilles Green

Armed youths rob merchant on Melrose street

Harry H. Hunt, a Boston brass merchant, was held up by two armed youths near 48 Prospect Street Melrose as he passed a hedge. They took two gold watches valued at 800, a heavy gold chain and Masonic charm, and his pocketbook. Police, given a description, searched the Middlesex Fells parkway district for the suspects.

Harry H. Hunt Boston Prospect Street Melrose Hunt Middlesex Fells Parkway

Bottlers and Dispensers Face Mandatory Hot Water Rule

Sanitary concerns in drug and confectionery stores and cellar bottlers sparked a state hearing before the public health committee. A bill proposes washing bottles and glasses with hot water and rinsing with cold water each time a bottle is refilled or a glass used.

State House Legislative Committee On Public Health

Fire destroys four Pulaski stores causing $50,000 loss

Syracuse Feb 15 Four stores in the village of Pulaski Oswego county were burned tonight with a loss estimated at 50000 dollars. The fire started from a gas explosion and spread rapidly prompting help from nearby villages. No injuries were reported.

Syracuse Pulaski Oswero County

Girl Hiccoughs to Death After Three Weeks

Wilkes Barre reporter Mary McGonkle an 11 year old girl has suffered incessant hiccoughs for three weeks despite medical efforts. Her condition is critical and doctors fear she may die.

Wilkesbarre Penn Mary McGonkle

390 Yard Schoolboy Race Not Cancelled

Despite an earlier note, the 390 yard schoolboy championship race remains on the programme for the triangular meet at Mechanics' building tomorrow night. Entries have been received and more are expected. Assistant Manager FP Squibb of the Harvard track team will be at the Schoolboy games tonight to collect additional entries.

Pennsyl Mechanics’ Building FP. Squibb Harvard

Honorable Mention for Two New England Boys

Two New England boys receive honorable mention in the Chamberlain prize of 25 awarded by the MIT department of architecture. Raymond M. Stowell of Walpole and John F. Hogar of Pawtucket R I are named, while John Martin Batschy of Quincy T L wins the prize.

New England Department of Architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology Raymond M. Stowell Walpole John F. Hogar Pawtucket R. 1 John Martin Batschy Quincy

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