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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1921
Page
3
John J. Monson, one of three runners who breached German lines in the Argonne on Sept 29 to 30, 1918, and helped the 308th Infantry’s surrounded unit, was buried as a hero today despite desertion from Company A, 61st Infantry in March.
Acting on orders from Secretary Weeks a detachment of the Twenty Second Infantry joined Monson’s comrades in the American Legion and patriotic societies to bury him with full military honors in Cypress Hills National Cemetery Brooklyn. Monson died of tuberculosis July 18 at Belle Vue Hospital and his body lay unclaimed two days before identification. Lieut. Whittlesey, Herskowitz and Lieut. McKeogh led the funeral cortege as Monson’s medals were carried on a cushion. Three volleys, Taps, and a brief service followed by hundreds at the cemetery. Monson’s act through German lines led to his death and his heroism is linked to the Lost Battalion tale. The second escape attempt by Whittlesey’s unit led to Abraham Krotoshinski earning the Distinguished Service Cross.
Official statement by S W Wakeman shows 2500 workers to be laid off with part time employment for those kept on. Navy funding cuts drive the reduction at the Fore River shipyard in Quincy affecting about 56 percent of the workforce.
David E. Dow resigns after three years as Tremont Theatre manager to join oil royalty investments in the financial district with George H. Loud. Dow’s exit, effective July 30, ends a record prosperous era. Albert M. Sheehan is named successor by J. L. Erlanger.
The 25 000 ton steamship George Washington arrives in drydock at South Boston by flood tide for underwater cleaning and painting. She will be flooded into the big dock and is the largest steamer to enter the harbor. She is due to depart for New York Tuesday night.
New Bedford mayor Ashley, acting on a request from BE C Hultman chair of the State Commission on Necessaries of Life, sent memoranda to ice cream and soda retailers urging price reductions aligned with declines in the general cost of living and asking dealers to report their stance.
Arthur Esiason 22 formerly of Somerville shot himself in the heart with a 38 calibre revolver in the Tufts College field pitcher’s box, believed driven by a nervous affliction and failure to reach big league status. He left a note praising Horace Ford and idolized Braves players. He had been visiting West Somerville relatives for July Fourth vacation.
New York July 15 Sousa begins a US and Cuba tour covering about 20000 miles. He visits a glove shop and orders 1200 pairs of white kid gloves at a dollar per pair. He requires a fresh pair at each concert and believes reuse brings bad luck including instrument mishaps.
Private Sidney Foster of the 315th Infantry and Machine Gun Company will be honored in a military funeral Sunday at 2 30 PM at Watermark's undertaking rooms Roxbury. Foster, 30, of 26 Ottawa Street Roxbury, was killed in the Argonne just before the 1918 armistice while serving with the 415th Infantry and previously enlisted in the 301st Infantry. His promotion to sergeant was received but he died before hearing of it.
Joseph J Morrissey of Dorchester received three months in the House of Correction and three fines in the District Court after an alleged late night automobile escapade between Nantasket and North Cohasset. He was fined 75 dollars for driving after license suspension, 35 dollars for leaving the scene without identity, and 5 dollars for intoxication.
Boston police returned at night with Wright Webb and three others nabbed for wife desertion. Webb, charged with non support of Helen S. Webb of 24 Ivy Street, was captured at Elco Nevada in a mountaineer disguise atop Mt Swale 7000 feet up. Webb was an engineer under Inspectors Finn and Flaherty.
Sergeant William Carey and Inspector Harrison led officers from Portland and Chelsea to Boston after transporting Walter P. Beven Benjamin Goldstein and Samuel Segal. Beven 34 faced non support and desertion charges for wife Susan and one child. Goldstein 52, Riverside resident, must answer non support for wife Sarah and five children. Segal Chelsea was wanted for non support. The group met in Ogden Utah and traveled by train to Boston.
John Henry, a colored man, is detained on grounds of mental instability after telling police he killed his wife of five months at 72 Sterling Street Roxbury. Medical examiner cites asphyxia as cause. toxicology on bottle in her handbag to test for poison. Neighbors report frequent quarrels and Henry’s opposition to dancing.
On Duck Island in Long Island Sound, caretaker Frank Eberhart shot and killed stockbroker Harry G. Hemming and then killed himself after a bride's orders prompted him to bar the husband from visiting. Hemming and his wife had separated after two months of marriage. Authorities say the wife did not intend such outcomes and absolved her of blame.
Washington July 15 announces Clement Edwards of Albert Lea Minnesota has been named as the United States consul at Kovno the temporary capital of the Lithuanian republic.
Lieutenant Kirsch of France reportedly reached an unofficial altitude of 10,600 meters during a baroaltitude attempt near Paris after taking off from Le Bourget and landing at Champaubert due to engine trouble. Temperatur e readings showed minus 69 at altitude while Paris recorded 97 degrees.
A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated at Blessed Sacrament Church Cambridge by Rev John A Butler for Corporal Maurice F Bermingham killed in France Oct 8 1918 in Argonne forest He was the son of Mrs Mary F Bermingham of 178 Pearl Street Cambridge A Cambridge Post American Legion detail attended the services and burial followed at St Pauls Cemetery Arlington
The De Witt Clinton, New York State's first locomotive, marked its 90th birthday by pulling a vintage train at Harmon. The test precedes a planned run to New York City, reaching beyond eight miles per hour with 75 pounds of steam, despite aging groans. It has long been displayed at Grand Central Station.
A miniature blast in a firebox at the Sherwin Williams Paint Company plant in South Boston injured one worker. Scott F. McKissack, 19, of Dorchester, was burned while trying to extinguish flames and was taken to City Hospital in stable condition. The blast startled several employees.
Lord Northcliffe announces a world tour starting with his voyage on the Aquitania to New York. He denies traveling incognito and says the trip is unofficial and not linked to his newspaper campaign against Lloyd George. He plans short stay in America before spending most time in Australia, the Far East, India and Egypt.
Mrs Madeline Orange of 137 Marion Street East Boston was slashed by Pasquale Acrolli an alleged companion in an elopement from Bayonne New Jersey. She was pronounced out of danger but could bear lifelong facial scars. Acrolli was arrested nearby and arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to kill. the case was continued.
Joseph Mosher 28 of East Boston was arrested for aiding in the July 3 robbery of Richard Cahill a deaf and dumb man. Cahill identified Mosher as a participant. Cahill lay in a hospital with multiple broken ribs a fractured ankle and three jaw fractures. Mosher awaits trial in jail in default of a $5000 bond.
Roger C. Hagar and Miss Inez Elizabeth Hosley secretly wed after securing licenses in Pittsfield and New Lebanon. The Baltimore nurse and Gloversville son claimed Pittsfield residence with fictitious addresses, then married July 2 in New Lebanon. Authorities and relatives piece together the concealed nuptials.
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