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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1916
Page
4
Harvard students at Cambridge will be enrolled under a standard of preparedness on land, water and air during the summer vacation. Recruiting activity across government branches has stimulated undergraduates and more than 500 will engage in preparatory work for the summer.
Plattsburg camp enrollment at Harvard already exceeds 200 with Archie Roosevelt pressing for higher numbers. Harvard announces summer naval training for civilians aged 19 to 45, with a cruise Aug 15 to Sept 12, requiring nautical know how or relevant technical training and a June 1 application deadline. Boston recruiting office at 146 Tremont Street. Harvard aero corps forms, eight members secured a practical aeroplane, fundraising strong to start the unit.
Joseph Trucado aged nine of 108 Merrimac street received 50 cents damages after his sled, used to haul kindling, was crushed by a city ash cart wheel. A passerby urged a City Hall complaint and after weeks of action the payment was approved.
Judge Charles F. Perkins of the Brookline Municipal Court urged adding a policewoman at a Board of Trade meeting last night. He argued a woman officer is needed, especially in the tenement district near the Roxbury border.
James Pollitz files a petition in New York Supreme Court seeking to remove Vanderbilt interests from control of the New York Central Railroad Company. An order directs named directors to appear and show cause next Monday why their tenure should not be declared unlawful. Pollitz claims ownership of 120 shares.
Jan 25 annual meeting voters elected a slate led by William I Vanderbilt Chauncey M Depew Frederick W Vanderbilt William Rockefeller and others totaling 1 545 255 votes Pollitz associate Ulman claims candidates allied with him won 535 votes and a Chicago meeting Jan 31 produced a rival slate. Consolidation in December 1914 merged New York Central and Hudson River with the Lake Shore.
Attorney Ulman argues Shore & Michigan Southern and nine subsidiaries fall under Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois laws. He claims Illinois requires a majority of directors to be bona fide residents of Illinois and alleges 12 directors sit on the New York Chicago & St. Louis railroad, a New York Central subsidiary, creating prohibited interlocking of directors under Pennsylvania constitution.
Mrs Butler R Wilson Boston NAACP branch chair appeals to Stoneham Selectmen to strip New Zealand Sanitarium of tax exemption. She accuses the hospital, a charitable institution, of racial discrimination in denying Mrs H E Plunkett of Melrose admission to a maternity ward. Plunkett, in serious condition, says she was refused entry after being advised by a white friend. Dr W K Bliss cites protests by white patients for the denial.
A handsome motor tractor ambulance for the Angell Memorial Hospital of the M S P C A was donated by Mrs. David Nevins, a Methuen director. It arrived yesterday afternoon and was put in commission. The low floor and end gate skid aid horse loading and unloading with a rolling platform for immobile horses.
The Finance Commission released a study showing Boston public schools receive less than their share of city spending. James H. Van Sickle led the committee appointed to review expenditures and propose cuts at the mayor’s request.
An investigating committee faults the Boston School Department for poor organization and calls for abolishing the Board of Supervisors and related bodies. It urges placing control under the superintendent, consolidating districts, reducing departments, and reorganizing elementary schools to save over 45000 annually, with staged implementation.
Captain Harry H. Tramilton of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company stated the unit is prepared to go to war at a moment's notice. The declaration was made during a smoke talk with past captains at the Ancients' armory in Faneuil Hall.
Captain Hamilton urges all able Ancients to enroll in a new provisional company to drill and parade next May. About 72 men in the existing unit train weekly under militia and U S Army supervision. Adjutant General Cole says State militia is up 1500 men over last year.
In Manhattan seven persons, including three women, took their own lives in one day. The coroner noted it as a record for a single day, with three deaths by gas and one each by hanging, jumping from a roof, throat cut, and poisoning.
At the Cambridge City Council hearing, opposing voices dominated the debate on separating Cambridge from the Boston postal district. Speakers included John J. Ahearn and Professor Eugene Wambaugh, while Harvard affiliates showed mixed views. A petition from Cambridge businessmen was sent to Washington as the Senate prepares to consider the bill granting Cambridge an independent post office.
Abraham Goldstein 28 of 5 Milton Street West End was arrested last night by Inspectors Claflin and Alexander on larceny from the person charge. He is alleged to have aided Charles Bazin who is serving months at Deer Island for his part in the affair in picking the pocket of Walter D Ardanewick of Cambridge.
The ad claims Adamson's Balsam never fails to cure coughs colds or grippe and promotes its effectiveness as a reliable remedy for respiratory illness.
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