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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
9
In East Providence 24 babies have died since June 17 at Myrtle Baby Home, up from 22. Investigations by city charities and Dr Gardner Swarts of the State Board of Health probe causes amid a prior claim that impure condensed milk caused most deaths. None of the children were insured.
James Minnick, agent for the Society for Organizing Charity, says the home should be closed after it was refused sanction by the Providence Board of Trade Charity Committee and the Federation of Churches. Dr. James S. Moore reports a baby taken from the home showed poison symptoms and died of acute meningitis likely from food. Dr. Swarts investigates with possible autopsy ordered by the attorney general and Medical Examiner George F. Allison.
Pope Pius told French pilgrims today that France is waging war on the church under the pretext of separating church and state. He said Catholicism faces persecution by the government.
Mothers of Catholic pupils at a girls' school in Chassigny-sous-Dun burned interdicted books. Catholic girls withdrew from schools across the commune. In Bayonne priests refused absolution to public school children and parents stopped church support.
Thousands attend the Mechanics Building electrical exposition where the wireless telephone captivates visitors. The public can hear phonograph sounds from the basement clearly on the main floor, drawing huge crowds likely to set attendance records before the expo closes.
A ruling halted the Daniel Blake Russell contest for half of the $500000 left by Daniel Russell of Melrose as East Cambridge Probate Court delayed proceedings yesterday. Witnesses from Melrose and northern New York were summoned to prove the claimant is Daniel Blake Russell, not James D. Rousseau, with the case expected to rest on Thursday.
John L. Nudd of Brookline, recently convicted in U S District Court for using the mails in a defrauding scheme tied to his engraving school in the Old South building, was surrendered by his bondsman yesterday and jailed.
James Brewer Crane of Westfield Massachusetts, relative of Senator W. Murray Crane, and son of a wealthy paper magnate, was reported married in New York to Georgia M. Walker of Fairhaven Connecticut. The ceremony was conducted by an Alderman amid opposition from former Yale classmates. The 23 year old Crane, a Sunnyside stock farm manager and Republican town committee member, had strong family ties and unclear details about the bride.
Morton F. Plant of the New York Yacht Club sailed today on his yacht Iolanda for a cruise around the world from Southampton.
The Spanish American War veterans of Pennsylvania have urged the Secretary of the Navy to reopen the case of Chief Petty Officer Frank R. Bitter now serving a six month naval prison term in Portsmouth New Hampshire and facing expulsion from the service upon completion. Bitter along with four other Nezinscot crew members were charged with cowardice after the tug sank off Gloucester on August 11.
President Taft and Mrs Taft sail aboard the Mayflower from Washington to Norfolk Virginia. They travel with friends to attend the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention where he will be guest of honor.
The public utilities committee of the Chamber of Commerce favored control by the Boston Elevated Company, after issuing a report yesterday on the proposed consolidation of the West End Street Railway Company.
Washington November 18 Mgr Dilo Falconio papal delegate to the United States is slated to become the first American cardinal when the consistory is held before Easter He will join the curia based in Rome and sit on Vatican boards Arch bishop Farley of New York is named as his Washington successor with a possible further appointment anticipated.
At a meeting last evening of the Algonquin Club the following were elected officers President C H Taylor vice presidents Nathaniel Thayer Washington B. Thomas John Mason Little Nehemiah W. Rice Lucius Tuttle Josiah H. Benton treasurer David McLoring secretary George E Carter directors Charles T Gallagher Wilmot R Evans Charles A West George C Brooks Walter Cabot Baylies
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