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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1919
Page
10
The Post airplane forced to land after 160 miles due to engine trouble and overheating. The pilot navigated by visual cues along the coast from Providence toward New York, landing in a pasture near Madison Connecticut after a radiator tube failed. Hodgdon stayed with the craft as the crew planned to reach Madison Square Garden for an expo opening.
Lieutenant Theodore Hedlund aided by Melvin Hodgdon took off from Saugus field at 9 51 am bound for New York to report from the Aeronautical Exposition in Madison Square Garden. Crowds watched as the Post Aviation Editor navigated with visual cues amid mist and a stiff southwest wind, passing the Custom House tower near 10 o clock.
The novena of grace starts March 4 at St. Mary’s Church North End and ends March 12 on St. Francis Xavier feast day. Daily services at 7 45 p m and prayers after the 8 o’clock mass and after stations of the cross at noon. Ashes distributed after masses and evening devotions next Wednesday with children’ s ashes after school at most churches. Rev Martin J Scott S J will preach Wednesdays through Lent at Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rev John P Meagher S J to preach St Patrick pane gyric March 17. Brookline Catholic Women’s Aid Society to hold Valentine party at 831A Harvard today. Roxbury Notre Dame alumnae aid mother house fund at Hotel Vendome today. Representative Martin Hays of Brighton speaks on Incidents in Public Life at Cambridge Sunday Forum tomorrow. Mt St Joseph Academy Brighton presents Waster Fire on the Hills of Slane tomorrow and Tuesday with a matinee today for children.
More than 500 wounded soldiers and Red Cross nurses attended a full performance of The Better Ole at Hollis Street Theatre. The scene was set with all scenic equipment and a volunteer theater orchestra, with staff and mechanics offering free services. Courtesy of Charles J Rich and Mr and Mrs Coburn.
The President told Democratic committeemen at a luncheon that he will not seek another term, noting the four year limit as a constitutional safeguard. He criticized opponents of the League of Nations, defended his record, and urged Republican leaders to endorse the League to depoliticize the issue. He warned that if Republicans oppose it, he would welcome a partisan fight in the next election.
Paris February 28 Nicholas Tschaikovsky president of the Northern Russia government proposes an entente commission visit Russia for a thorough inquiry into Bolshevik control and social conditions He would seek hearings access to all regions and a halt to executions to aid testimony and understanding of press unions schools and living conditions.
Differences between Democratic and Republican leaders over the legislative situation push the Victory Loan bill toward a Senate call tomorrow. Democrats say Republicans would try to defeat the measure financing government through the fiscal year while President Wilson maintains his plan against an extra session until his return from France.
The funeral of the Rev. William J. Murphy, senior curate of St. John's Church, North Cambridge, was held with a solemn high mass. The service at St. John's included Rev. James Higgins as celebrant with deacon Rev. James Phelan and sub-deacon Rev. Thomas J. Golding. Burial took place at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden.
Major General Crowder will depart for Cuba to consult with the Cuban President and Congress on revising election laws. Secretary Baker announced President Wilson approved the trip.
British war correspondent Philip Gibbs addresses a Sym phony hall audience praising Germany for signing the armistice as the turning point of World War I. He chronicles the Western Front from Mons retreat in 1914 to the Rhine advance, citing British courage and morale amid trench warfare. The report also notes demobilization events for soldiers, a 60 dollar veterans bonus, and hospital and welfare activities at base facilities.
A general court martial reveals an attempted mutiny in one Negro company of the 18th Battalion Depot Brigade on November 6. Private Milton Farrow of the 51st Company received five years' imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge for mutiny and threatening language under articles 66 and 65. Major Richard S. Fuller of Rockland, Maine, returned to camp today after a furlough.
Speaker Warner rebuked Representative James H. Brennan of Charlestown for conduct in the House as Brennan challenged the rules and threatened to name him. Brennan relented and returned to his seat as debate on a $150000 Plymouth tercentenary budget continued. The overall budget passed for engrossing with a 105 to 13 vote. A separate health committee bill requires nurse graduates from approved schools to register annually with a 50 cent fee.
Pol Perritt says he cannot spare time to play next season with the Giants due to an oil strike near his Louisiana ranch. The implied claim suggests Perritt may have struck it rich beyond the usual winter holdout tale.
New York February 28 Pat Donovan seeks players for his floating ball club and has asked Miller Huggins to release surplus Yankee players to boost the roster thus exploring options despite Hamilton Ontario franchise uncertainty.
Federal court arraigned Alexander F. S. Blackwood of Brookline and four others on a secret conspiracy indictment. Defendants faced charges tied to inferior steel castings for destroyers and warship hulls, with at least 100000 lost to the United States. Blackwood pleaded not guilty. others pleaded guilty and posted 1000 each.
Eight mine sweepers have been ordered to the Charlestown navy yard for repairs before setting out to sweep the North Sea for mines. Boston & Maine attorney George A. Kimball pleaded guilty to obstructing Main Street Charlestown traffic on Feb 15 by blocking it with freight cars for over five minutes and paid a $100 fine. Corporal W R White of Dorchester, a veteran of A Company 101st Infantry, wounded at Vaux on July 15, returned home after serving in the Meuse Meuse Meuse campaigns and influenza hospital stay in southern France. Sergeant Jerome Murray and Special Officer Frank Philbrick of the Metropolitan Park police, temporarily assigned to Boston police inspection, finished duty last evening. Murray returns to Revere Beach station.
Police commendations for officers at Blue Hill station followed last evenings deployment. Leroy A Flint 21 of Somerville suffered skull fractures after a fall under a North Station yard train while riding an empty coach to meet a road worker. Plans to rename Fort and Lubec streets stalled. State Treasurer Burrill reports a failed Medfield State Hospital payroll theft. authorities warned to protect pay rolls. Boston armories ready for 26th Division billets if War Department approves. Morphine packages seized from Abraham Green 43 West End. he was arrested for drug act violations and accused of distributing to runners.
Ill health is blamed for Nettie Rudd's death by gas at 44 Pearl Street Lynn last night. Her mother found the body fully dressed on a bed with a gas tube in her mouth.
The House approved a general deficiency bill totaling 27 million 771 thousand dollars. It carries legislative riders including a proposal to investigate and establish a national budget system.
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