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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
16
Halifax on 12 January reports that the disabled American steam er Castalia remains with crew aboard at nightfall. Bergensfjord and War Fijian standby in severe cold as high seas delay lifeboat launches and a rescue plan awaits more favorable conditions.
Mansfield, an ex-guard, is held in Rockland Maine over a July 14 assault on Mrs Small. He claimed no prior acquaintance with her and initially said he was in the service at Fort Adams Newport Rhode Island on the date. Special policeman William Welch arrested him as authorities note similarities to a December death of Mrs Harry E Brown.
Mansfield claims he never was in Rockland and says he served in Company B of the Third Battalion United States Guards. After discharge on December 16 he went to Boston, then to Maine to work as a lumber camp cook starting January 7. Rockland police will transport him there, while a local woman identifies him as the suspect who attacked her last July, though authorities say his account has inconsistencies.
Mrs. Leonard P. Rounds of Dorchester says Frank Mansfield, a former lodger, shared details about his service in the United States Guards and his painting trade. She recalls a 15 year acquaintance, a mild temper, and an independent move toward Maine for civil service papers, with Mansfield later in Boston and Dorchester. Captain Carter confirms Mansfield served as company cook at Commonwealth Armory before mustering out at Camp Devens.
At Camp Devens Jan 12 a special hospital train from New York delivered 156 enlisted men and officers wounded or incapacitated by illness. Seventy‑two needed further care. others joined the overseas casual detachment. Camp Gordon sent 68 soldiers back from France. Also noted: a Boston probation incident as Private Otto Chapman faces new charges after escaping a base hospital ward with a gun. Major General McCain to open a large New England military school, enrolling 3300 students with many programs from literacy to engineering and skilled trades. A Captain Harris of Brookline faces court martial over coal misappropriation and misuse of soldiers for personal use.
The US Army transport Tuckahoe, sailing from New York on January 9 bound for St Nazaire with army supplies, was reported by wireless to be leaking badly and entering Halifax for distress. Officials presume storm damage during its voyage. The ship, launched last July at Camden, had been in coastwise service until this voyage.
Thomas C. O'Brien deputy commissioner of prisons Massachusetts told St Mary's Catholic Association in Cambridge that a prison should be a place for refor mation not punishment He traced prison history from biblical times to today and described recent reforms and prison camps advantages The event featured Rev M J Doody Rev William P McNamara and ex Mayor J Edward Barry as co speakers marking the winter lecture series.
In Buenos Aires dated January 12, government forces report 250 dead and 700 wounded from strike riots. A senior naval officer commented that doubling the figures would be closer to the real casualties.
In Buenos Aires on January 12 the iron workers strike was settled and a regional federation's general strike was called off, yet acts of anarchy persisted with only a slight decrease. The federation denied links to the lawlessness, blaming foreign agitators for the unrest.
Last night and into today Buenos Aires experienced widespread clashes as cavalry patrols engaged armed groups. At dawn fought near the penitentiary, water works, and police stations while Fifth and 12th Cavalry arrived with 800 marines and mounted artillery. Rioters burned the central market storing River Plate wool and a large print paper warehouse. General Delleplane, now military dictator, said the strike settlement improved security but troops stay deployed amid anarchist activity led by foreigners. Civilians flocked to police stations to join the common defense, offering cars, horses, and homes to aid the suppression effort.
Memorial services for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt were held yesterday in several Boston churches. General Wood delivered the main eulogy at Old North Church, praising Roosevelt as a fearless, democratic leader who valued duty and liberty under law. Other speakers at the Advent Church and St. Paul Cathedral lauded his many-sided character, public service, and devotion to American ideals.
The Post conducted a city and town wide straw vote on Boston annexation, interviewing residents across districts including Charlestown, East Boston, Dorchester, and Roxbury. In Boston 66 percent favored the plan while other communities mostly opposed, with percentages showing high opposition in Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Newton, Watertown, Brookline, Milton.
The Boston City Club hosts a mass meeting in its large auditorium at 8 this evening to honor Theodore Roosevelt. Major-General Leonard Wood will deliver the memorial address, with invitations sent to Governor Coolidge Lieutenant-Governor Cox and other officials and Roosevelt relatives. George S. Smith will introduce Wood before he heads to Camp Funston tonight after attending a Harvard board of overseers meeting.
Berlin Jan 11 Allied authorities reported Vorwaerts newspaper plant recaptured by government troops after heavy combat. About 300 Spartacans captured, more than 20 killed and 40 wounded. Government losses said light.
Paris reports Luxemburg proclaimed a republic after Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide retired to a nearby chateau. A public safety committee formed as clericals left the chamber amid republican agitation. Luxembourg borders Prussia Alsace Lorraine and Belgium, neutral by 1867 London treaty, with about 290000 people. General Pershing recently visited during the U.S. army occupation.
A despatch from Munich says Bremen has a Socialist republic now. Communists ousted the Majority Socialists from the Soldiers and Workmen's Council and demanded government resignation. They telegraphed the Russian Bolsheviks hoping Russia and Germany revolutions succeed.
The Paris peace conference opens as top statesmen led by Marshal Foch and Presidents Wilson and British leaders arrive amid crowds and photographers outside the Foreign Ministry. The gathering aims to set terms for extending the armistice and structuring delegations for the conference beginning soon.
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