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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1916
Page
14
New York July 9 Theodore Roosevelt confirmed he would form a division to fight Mexico if war breaks out He has applied to the War Department to recruit a 20000 strong division despite a current peaceful outlook.
A confidential outline proposes Roosevelt mobilizing 20 000 men in 30 days for a mounted infantry division. The force would include cavalry, infantry, field artillery, engineers, motorized units, and aircraft with Stimson as chief quartermaster and Archie Roosevelt in recruiting, aiming at Fort Sill Oklahoma for drilling.
A broad call lists unskilled laborers for Charlestown navy yard and skilled vacancies in Washington Seattle Pittsburg and Florida for government service. Positions include all round machinists structural steel draftsmen inspectors biochemists highway engineers ceramic chemists dairy staff market assistants farm economists boiler inspectors and more with salaries from 1 200 to 4 000 yearly. Applications to United States Civil Service Commission Room 145 Post Office Building Boston Mass at once.
Artists flock to Provincetown where Harold Putnam Browne’s water colors and Charles Hawthorne's Sunbath headline a show. Henry H. Brooks, Vern on Ellis, Ger rit A. Beneker and Marguerite Zorach contribute diverse works. New pieces debut Aug 3, with 30 works to travel to Boston’s Vose galleries.
Provincetown hosts an art exhibition with over 600 local artists producing works for fame and fortune. The show features 175 pictures by 68 artists ranging from academic still lifes to avant garde pieces, some of which appear upside down in style.
The Provincetown exhibition draws artists to town hall for a larger show. Boston’s notable contributors arrive, including some modernists, signaling Provincetown as a serious art center where artists live and work.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters presents an exhaustive Somerville fire hazards report with recommendations to hire full paid staff, stock sufficient hose for extra shifts, retire age 62 barring efficiency, inspect hydrants in cold districts, update building codes to modern fire standards, ban frame construction in fire limits, require incombustible roof coverings on repairs and new roofs, and favor motorizing the department by replacing horse drawn apparatus.
Mrs Charlotte Smith of the Women’s Homestead Association denounces bachelors and asserts that 75 percent of militiamen at the Mexican border are married men. She leads letters to the War Department protesting federal oaths for married militia members while single men stayed home.
Cornelius Lehane warned of another Irish uprising while speaking at the Socialist Club of Boston. Boston Lodge No. 10 Elks plans the 1916 Baltimore convention with about 500 Massachusetts delegates, aided by Mayor Curley and ex-mayor Fitzgerald. The Boston group travels from Beacon Hill via Fall River line to New York and Baltimore, with J. J. Hurley and local bankers inviting the convention.
Lehane argues the Dublin uprising was an industrial revolt led by the Irish Citizens Army with Irish Volunteers, supported by the socialist movement. He criticizes John Redmond and asserts 1911 origins with dues funding uniforms and rifles for the Army of the Irish Republic.
June was a peak month since Angell Memorial Animal Hospital opened in March 1915. The hospital treated 217 cases and its dispensary 301, plus 51 stray cats. In the hospital 120 dogs 47 cats and 50 horses were treated with 83 operations. the dispensary handled 218 dogs 69 cats 9 horses 2 birds and 3 other animals. Total to date: hospital 2999 dispensary 2916 overall 6915.
Charles E. Hughes will hold the notification ceremony of his presidential nomination in New York. The event is planned for Monday, around July 31 if possible, in a large hall to accommodate as many attendees as feasible.
Republican and Progressive leaders from all regions will receive invitations if the tentative program passes. Mr Hughes aims to let the public attend the ceremony if seats remain. He intends a long acceptance speech and a nationwide get together to launch a four to five week Pacific coast trip. He will then campaign in Maine before September's state election with emphasis on winning Maine. Roosevelt and Taft may be invited there. Campaigning will focus on Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
Funds for the Irish revolutionary relief were gathered at the Boston Gaelic School on Washington Street. District Attorney Pelletier contributed 50 dollars and received the association's thanks. Thomas O Flaherty presided and Thomas G Collins delivered an address.
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