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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1916

Page

10

Denial over B A Cars Called Tank by Santa Fe Officials

A Boston mass letter to the editor disputes a Post report that Santa Fe officials refused to haul Boston & Albany cars carrying cavalry and substituted their own. Santa Fe confirms transfer of troops to Santa Fe cars at Kansas City and notes nine coaches in the train, one from Boston & Albany.

Santa Fe el Paso Tex Boston Albany Kansas City Cars Junk Mass J. L. Truden C. W. Kouns Topeka C. B. Strohm Boston & Albany Ww. E. Adams

Outbreak of Infantile Paralysis Claims 150 Lives in City

New York July 5 health department reports 600 cases of infantile paralysis in Manhattan and greater city, with 150 deaths giving a 25 percent mortality rate. Ninety-one new cases since yesterday afternoon and 157 since Monday noon. Seven deaths since yesterday, all in Brooklyn, totaling 55 since Saturday.

New York Manhattan Health Department Brooklyn

Public health officials temper fears over paralysis outbreak

Dr B C Waters and Dr S Josephine Baker urged calm about the epidemic noting infant deaths from diarrheal disease far exceed paralysis deaths this year. A cool spell is seen as a favorable factor while Rockefeller Institute research is limited by monkey shipment delays from the Philippines.

B. C. Waters Bureau of Preventable Diseases Health Department S. Josephine Baker Bureau of Child Hygiene Rockefeller Institute Philippines

Three Infantile Paralysis Cases Found in Chicago

In Chicago inspectors under Health Commissioner John Dill Robertson report three infantile paralysis cases, part of a spread from New York with a nearby outbreak near Springfield NL. The commissioner says no epidemic is imminent but orders that all three cases be kept un-

Chicago New York Springfield John Dill Robertson

Health inspectors screen infants on trains to Chicago

The commission held a conference with department heads to review measures. Health inspectors boarded every incoming train from the East to examine infants aboard, ensuring health checks at entry.

Chicago

Newport Reports Two Mild Infantile Paralysis Cases

Two infantile paralysis cases appeared in Newport Rhode Island. The Board of Health announced the patients are not serious, with a rigid quarantine in effect and the situation well in hand.

Newport R. I Board of Health

Memorial in Boston Honors Carrizal Dead Cavalrymen

Public memorial at Faneuil Hall tonight at 8 o clock honors Tenth U S Cavalry killed at Carrizal Mexico. Emory T Morris of Cambridge presides with William Monroe Trotter as secretary. Rev M W Thornton will give the invocation and addresses will follow by Rev M A N Shaw Dr Ernest Gruening and others. Bishop Alexander Walters will close. Admission free.

U. S. Cavalry Carrizal Mexico Faneuil Hall National Equal Rights League Citizens’ Committee Boston Emory T. Morris Cambridge Equal Rights League William Monroe Trotter M. W. Thornton Charles Street A. M. E M. A. N. Shaw Twelfth Baptist Church Ernest Gruening Clement G. Morgan

Baxter Takes Nomination Papers for Governor McCall

Charles S. Baxter former Medford mayor who ran Governor McCall's campaign yesterday filed the nomination papers at the Secretary of State office confirming McCall as a candidate for re election. Governor McCall's re election bid was formally declared with the filing.

McCall Charles S. Baxter Medford

Yale Club recruitment drive to fill field artillery battalion

An open meeting at the Yale Club in New York will seek to recruit Yale field artillery to the War Department minimum strength. The appeal asks Harvard and Princeton students and graduates to aid in the effort.

New York Yale Club Yale Battalion Field Artillery War Department Harvard Princeton

Rescue at Sea as Ferry Crew Foils Suicide Attempt

A man tried to take his life by jumping from the Boston harbor ferry Ashburnham at night. Two others near him shouted and moved to help as the vessel neared East Boston. Frederick W. Baldau, 82 Bussett Street West Roxbury, vanished after leaping into the water as passengers watched in alarm. Samuel M. Tucker reported the incident.

Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Ashburnham Rowe's Wharf Boston East Boston Frederick W. Baldau Bussett Street West Roxbury Samuel M. Tucker

McCormick Plans Senate Campaign Role with Saulsbury

Democratic National Committee Chairman Vance McCormick conferred with Senators about the party's strategy to hold the Senate. Senator Saulsbury of Delaware was tentatively chosen to lead that effort and may head a bureau under McCormick rather than chairing a separate senatorial committee.

Washington Vance McCormick Democratic National Committee Senate Saulsbury Delaware McCormick National Committee

Democratic plan expands Senate role in presidential campaign

Senator Walsh of Montana and possibly other Senators may join Mr McCormick on the campaign committee to advise on the senatorial fight. Democrats say this is unprecedented as one third of the Senate faces election, and seek to keep the congressional committee focused on House races.

Walsh Montana McCormick Senate Congressional Committee House

Boston Light Vessel Rescuers Honored for Life Saving

Mayor Curley announced that Master Walter H. Warnock and Assistant Engineer Olaf Peterson of the Boston Light Vessel were commended by Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield for rescuing a seaman who fell or jumped from the vessel on May 17.

Mayor Curley Washington Walter H. Warnock Olaf Peterson Boston Light Vessel William C. Redfield Secretary of Commerce Warnock Peterson Boston

Miss Nora H McDonough Weds Coleman J McDonough

Miss Nora H McDonough daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas McDonough of Arlington Heights married Coleman J McDonough son of Mr and Mrs Coleman McDonough of South Boston yesterday. The ceremony occurred at St James Church Arlington Heights.

Nora H. McDonough Thomas McDonough Wollaston Avenue Arlington Heights Coleman J. McDonough Coleman McDonough 4Th Street South Boston Young McDonough St. James Church

First man saves Baldau from ferry disaster at Lynn

On the Lynn ferry at 101 South Street Baldau slipped from the rail. The first man to reach him dived in and grabbed Baldau by the hair as both disappeared. Tucker then rescued Baldau, pulling him ashore and reviving him at East Boston Relief Hospital.

South Street Lynn Baldau Tucker East Boston Relief Hospital

Moriarty Funeral Notice for William John Moriarty

In Brooklyn New York on July 2 William John son of Cornelius and Ellen Moriarty nee McDermott. Funeral from 50 Warren Street Charlestown Friday July 7 at 8 30 Requiem high mass at St Marys Church Warren Street at 9 Relatives and friends invited. St John New Brunswick papers please copy. NILSON Nils Nilson late of 13 Atherton Street suddenly Funeral notice later.

Moriarty Brooklyn N. Y William John Cornelius Ellen Moriarty McDermott Warren St Charlestown St. Mary's Church St. John N. B Nilson Nils Nilson Atherton St

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