Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-19
Those Present.

Seated at the head tables We're:
Hon George T.. Macomber of Angus
Ia, the presiding officer; DR.. a. w.
Downs of Fairfield, Dr. S. j. Beach
of Augusta and Henry Richards.
president of the Gardiner anti
tuberculosis movement; Dr. G.. r.
Campbell, president of the Augusta
Anti Tuberculosis Association Gen.
Selden Conner eX-president of the
Maine Sanitorium Associations DR.. A.
G.. Young, secretary of the State
Board of Health: Rev. Thomas J.
Neligan of St Mary's, Rev. A. G.
LaRiViere of st. Augustine's. Rev.
Brian c. Roberts of ST. Marks. Rev.
l.. w. Ceens of the Winthrop Street
universalist church, Rev c. g. Mosh
er of the Penney Memorial, and Rev.
b. p. Hope of the Winthrop Street
Baptist church.
Others present were: d. w. Adams.
c. J.. Andrews. John c. Arnold, II.
G.. Barker. Norman l.. Bassett, c. l..
Blakeiy. Percy NJ. Boynton, Thomas
\. Brennan, A. w. Brooks Howard
Bruce, Lewis \. Burleigh, Lyndon z.
Chapman, l.. Y. Clark, Horace Col
burn. l.. j. Colgan, Il. IA. Conant, G.
A. Coombs, A. r. Cross, Charles w.
Curtis. Fred S. Daggett Edmond
Doyon, T.. p. Dunn, Charles +, Ely.
T. G. harrington, Roy H. Flynt,
George F. Friend, George Fl. Gannett,
Jr., Guy =. Gannett, j. a. Gardner,
w r. Getehell, John r. Gould, Ebert
d. HaYford stephen Hegarty, War
.ren NJ HeHudee. w. d. Hutchins.
John c. Houlehan, John c. Howes, W.
Johnson, John +. Keller. c. p. Kins-
man, John V. Lane, Frank r.
Lihbey, George c. Libby, A. b.
Lord. Harry p. Lowell. Thomas
j. Lynch f. G.. Marshall, Roland L.
Mckay. Charles A. Milliken, Henry
w Miller, d. f. Moore, f. p. Nor
err North Blaine owen. George A.
Patten. II. NJ. Patten, G. T. Penney,
+. A. Perkins. G.. A. Perley, II. l..
Pislaon, William H. Reid, Edwin
Riley. Orville Roberts, A. L. Rose
W. J. Skehan, f. F.. Smith, James
Stephenson q. c. Stetson, T. b..
Stevenson, r. II. Stubbs. j.. H. Stur-
gis. A Fl. Sturtevant, Willis E. Swift
Frank e. Tracy George w. Viekery,
w. w. Wall. Nathan Weston.
Able Speakers Discuss Movement.
The presiding officer, Hon. George f..
Macomber introduced as the first
speaker of the evening, DR. S. j. Beach
of Augusta.
| DR. Beach spoke of the progress of
anti tnberculoSis work in Massachu-
sets and the difficulty which he had
| experienced in interesting people of
| Augusta in the anti tuberculosis work.
| He alluded To the death rate in Au-
gusta which was in excess of that of
other cities in the State, where organ
lied work had been done to prevent
the spread of the disease. He believed
that eXpectoration on the sidewalks
was a fruitful source of the disease.
| pr A. w. Downes of Fairfield dis
cussed the State and local problem as
well as the national problem of the
prevention of tuberculosis. He spoke
of the work of the State Board toi
Health, and related how DR.. Young had
been turned down when he asked the
last Legislature for an appropriation
! for sending through the State his anti
tuberculosis exhibit.
He declared that not a single bed was
available in this State for an advanced
case of tuberculosis except al the In
sane hospital at Bangor. Less thar
100 beds We're available for incipien
| cases, although it was estimated thai
10000 people in the State were suffer
ers from the disease. He contrastef
this case with the large amounts APP
propriated by the states OF Massachu-
sets, New York and Pennsylvania tc
prevent the spread Of tuberculosis ant
provide for the establishment of State
dispensaries. Ohio and New Jersey
i were also cited as states that had done
much work along this line.
He advocated the raising of money
by direct taxation enough to take care
az the people suffering from tubercuo-
sis in this State.
. The speaker traced briefly the his
tory and cause Of the disease and tbs
work done in recent times along the
line of prevention. The growth of the
organization of local ant-tubereulosis
associations in this State was taker
up and the speaker said that the State
Board OF Health and the local Board OF