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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
7
Six regiments of 420 schoolboys march in Boston at 9 30 a m from Clarendon and Montgomery to Beacon Street and Boston Common. Mayor Curley reviews at City Hall, Governor McCall at the State House. School Committee inspects at 1 00 p m before boys return to school. Colonel George H Benyon supervised drills.
Two companies of fire fighters were overcome by gas in the cellar at 232 Washington Street during a late yesterday afternoon fire. The blaze caused about $3000 damage and four gas victims were dragged to the street unconscious.
Six other men were hauled from a perilous stupor by arriving fire crews. All belonged to Engine 1 and Ladder 4. Gas company workers shut off the gas to prevent explosions. The leak origin could not be determined. officials said the cellar meter had been removed weeks ago and pipes plugged. Chief McDonough said an investigation would follow.
Harvard students are invited to a preparedness meeting at the Harvard Union with speakers including Percy D. Haughton Captain Cordier and Professor Hocking. Major Higginson will preside as Harvard aims to enroll 700 students in the Plattsburg camp and canvass the rest of the undergraduates. The Navy Department civilian cruise starting August 15 will also be promoted.
A Senate commerce sub committee will hold hearings on the administration ship bill next week. Members include Senators Simmons Fletcher Bankhead Jones and Lippett. The hearings start Monday with day and night sessions aimed to finish in two or three days for those who did not testify in House hearings. The sub committee plans no witnesses. Administration leaders expect the bill to pass the Senate largely as the House did.
The Free Religious Association of America holds its annual luncheon at New American House at 1 pm with Rev Charles F Dole presiding and a program on Is Free Speech in Peril featuring speakers such as Rev John Haynes Holmes and Dr Antoinette Konikow. Archdeaconry of Boston met at St Pauls Cathedral with sermons and talks on church youth and play. Union Congregational Church prepared for Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign. The Episcopal Mission in West Springfield becomes The Church of the Good Shepherd under diocese care.
Alumni of Roxbury Latin School observe Founder’s Day with 8:30 a.m. half day exercises featuring Charles J Fay of class 194 in Mexico experiences. Prizes awarded, 11 a.m. procession to First Church, lunch in Putnam Chapel, 3 p.m. alumni versus school baseball, evening concert in Symphony Hall.
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