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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
7
Arthur Donahue formerly ordnance sergeant in the 102d Field Artillery called at the Post yesterday to deny a New York report that an American girl waited for him when he arrived last Saturday with a pretty French bride.
The New Jersey report claims of an American girl hookup are rejected by Mr. Donahue who says he married in France on November 18 1918 and only returned to Boston with his wife Mrs Donahue after demobilization. He notes no one met them in Hoboken or on the pier and praises his Dartmouth athletic record. He deplores the joke as bad taste and insists on his loyalty to his wife.
In West End Domestic Relations Court Louis faced accusations of assault on his wife while their five children at home. He earned about 50 dollars weekly with overtime, while the wife was offered 18 dollars a week to work in a restaurant. Louis claimed he provided for the family. the wife argued her earnings supported the household. Louis entered the lunchroom to pull his wife, leaving fingerprints, but while bystanders beat him, the judge granted probation with a watchful probation officer visit.
In Dorchester, Mrs. Celia Horton will be buried from 5 Armandine Street on Saturday at 11 am. Her will provides that all property be sold at her husband’s death, with proceeds to Augusta City Hospital to aid the poor. She was active in charity, the Dorchester Women's Club, the Dorchester Social Club of Women, the Dorchester Daughters of Maine, Elm Till Old Couples Home, and Red Cross work during wartime.
Joseph Rocke, a repairer, stole Gladys Snow's car while at lunch and hid it in a garage. Detectives Chaisson, Ferrari and Boyle found the vehicle and arrested him. In Central Court, the defendant cited his home as reason for leniency. his two year sentence under the new law was suspended.
Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord Junction will host a prisoner holiday with yard liberty this forenoon. A carnival of sports includes a baseball game as the main attraction for inmates.
The New York New Haven Hartford flier from Boston to Woods Hole collided with a derailed freight car at Brattle street bridge Montello Brockton. Four people were injured including Fireman George Frost who is on the danger list with a skull fracture. The Cape Cod express left South Station at 1 07 pm and hit the freight car at 1 46 pm one mile from Brockton.
Arthur Griffith cited a telegram from Edward De Valera in New York denying danger of adopting Plunkett proposals. De Valera warned against sidetracking Irish national demands as Irish Dominion League members led by Sir Horace Plunkett pushed for dominion status within the British Empire.
Dominica Sablinsky of 13 Harding Street Somerville was committed to Sherborn prison for an indefinite term after beating her 23 year old daughter Sophis with a broom handle. The assault charge arose from an old parole violation noted by Judge Wentworth of the Somerville Court.
Premier Lloyd George will go into the country for a fortnight of rest. Upon his return he will resume work on reconstruction measures that were halted during his absence.
The Post announces tomorrow’s condensed Peg Woffington by Edward Harold Crosby with plans for future condensations. Readers will see Oliver Twist, The Virginians, The Last of the Mohicans, and Waterloo condensed by various writers on upcoming dates.
The George Washington with President Wilson aboard is expected to reach New York after noon Tuesday. The voyage proceeds at about 15 knots with good weather and light mist. Wilson focuses on his Congress message and will deliver a Fourth of July speech at 3 p.m. using wireless telephone to broadcast to ships within 300 miles.
Chief Justice Aiken held a Superior Court session in a stateroom aboard the Sankaty while en route from Nantucket to Martha's Vineyard. The case involved a divorce dispute and sparked questions among about 200 passengers on whether all evidence was heard within Massachusetts three mile limit and thus within jurisdiction.
The White Star liner Vedic with 2303 officers and men aboard reached lower bay yesterday afternoon and will dock at the army supply base in South Boston at 7 this morning. It was met at President Roads by the Monitor and relief groups including the Mayor’s reception committee Red Cross Y M C A K of C Jewish Welfare Board and Salvation Army. Troops on board were greeted with cigarettes candy and newspapers.
Over 1000 colored troops aboard various units including 587th and 534th Engineers, 24th Engineers, 324th Field Remount Squadron, and Casual Company 1795 plus 84 casual officers and one civilian. The cruiser Huntington with 1871 troops to dock in the lower bay, reported port propeller loss en route to Portsmouth for repairs. The Virginia with 121 officers and men expected in lower bay tonight. Mongolia with 4619 officers, men, and 89 nurses due tomorrow. Both ships to dock at South Boston army base. Monitor to meet them from Eastern avenue wharf. On Huntington include multiple aero, depot, and remount units and casuals. Virginia carries artillery park, remount and transport units, evac hospital, and casuals.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, famed Arctic explorer, leaves New York with two secretaries for Glacier, British Columbia, to endure a few weeks of camp life and finish notes on his Canadian expedition research. He calls New York's heat "vitiating" and plans to return next fall when temperatures drop from the 90s.
Paris reports no meeting of the Council of Five tomorrow due to Independence Day. A session is expected Saturday to continue discussions on relief plans for Armenia and Hungary.
The Patriotic Pop Concert features Mr Stenton S Townsend leading an 80 member male chorus with orchestra in all American selections. Highlights include Star Spangled Banner Suite and the Stars and Stripes Forever with fireworks in intermissions. program includes works by Hadley Bullard Gounod De Koven MacDowell and Whiting.
Two Dorchester boys ages 10 and 12, Robert Curran and Charles Miller Jr., were struck and killed by an inbound New Haven train near Victory bridge in Neponset while returning from Tenean Beach after tending a neighbor’s Victory garden.
The scene at Newton playground shows Al Collins and Georgie Barton playing checkers while the city sweltered. Pedestrians seek shade as workers rest, and a photographer leaves the park, yet the two players persist in the hot sun.
Acting Medical Examiner Dr. Loring P. Grimes ordered a police inquiry into the death of Mrs. Mary M. Broderick of 67 Vine Street. She died after she suffered injuries the husband attributed to a fall from bed while she claimed an automobile strike caused her collar bone fracture.
London July 8 Ukrainians after a sanguinary battle have occupied Odessa according to a Berlin wireless message. The Bolshevik forces fled.
Patrolman John Cosgrove was shot in the right leg at Cambridge Police Station 2 during a special roll call when Patrolman Dennis W. O’Brien’s revolver fell and discharged. Cosgrove was taken to relief hospital and is not seriously injured.
At noon yesterday there was no native salmon in Boston for Fourth of July meals. Shoppers bought frozen West coast salmon instead, with thousands of pounds sold at 40 to 45 cents a pound. Maine salmon fetched 55 to 60 cents a pound while available.
Fresh salmon runs short forcing substitutions like sword fish and halibut as prices rise. Meat prices hold steady though wholesale meat cutter strikes may push costs up next week. Eggs and butter inch higher with soap prices also increasing amid market shifts.
Naval communication office reports transport Huntington will reach Boston lightship by 6 p m with one engine due to loss of port propeller. On board are 56 officers and 1816 enlisted personnel including units from the 40th Aero Squadron, 50th Company, Secona Regiment, and others. Portsmouth advices say orders issued to repair Huntington after disembarkation.
Mrs. Georgiana B. Wright of New York bequeaths Harvard University several hundred thousand dollars, with the university named residuary legatee of an estate exceeding 1 million dollars. Trusts totaling 500000 will revert to the residuary estate after certain relatives’ deaths. A 50000 legacy goes to the Duxbury Free Library, and artworks are left to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Colonial Dames of Massachusetts.
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