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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
26
Miss Garden starred in Thais at the Boston Opera House in a sold out show. Dufranne and O Sullivan provided supporting roles while Garden’s performance elevated a routine opera into a notable event for the audience and critics.
In Rome March 11 a court in Fiume granted the first divorce under the name of the King of Italy. Italy has no divorce law, but the court applied Austrian law in the case of Count Alvarez De Toledo and Countess Erminia Della Torre, both Neapolitans.
The Senate ordered an investigation into the United States Grain Corporation today in Washington. The move follows concerns over operations and potential irregularities within the agency. Senators indicated a full inquiry would assess management practices and financial oversight.
Miss Angeline Ducette a 22 year old from Montreal injured herself with a pearl-handled revolver while showing it to a friend at Mrs. Alice Hildreth’s Roxbury home. She walked to a physician then to City Hospital where the .22 caliber bullet was removed and she rested comfortably.
John M. Loring Jr a former Everett High School student, and Miss Ethel N. Kelley a teacher, married after a romance. In Somerville Police Court he was found guilty of non support of his wife. sentence deferred until March 18. Loring, 28, works as an inspector at Fore River Shipbuilding. they live in South Weymouth and West Somerville respectively.
Herbert H. Asquith, MP for Paisley, gave notice of an amendment to the home rule bill in the House of Commons. The amendment states the House declines to proceed with a measure unacceptable to any Irish faction, that would create two legislatures and executives with equal powers, and would indefinitely delay a Parliament for Ireland.
In Rathkeale and Limerick police officers were shot and wounded as crowds clashed with authorities. Inspector McDonagh in Cork was badly wounded during exchanges with attackers. Darrow Castle raiders seized arms after breaking in with sledge hammers while the family was away.
Miss Helen M. Caplan of Beacon Hill will wed Rev. Benjamin L. Grossman of Washington next Friday at 2 pm in her parents’ home at 39 Hancock Street. Caplan, son of David Caplan, has long operated in Boston Jewish circles. Dr. Grossman, Columbia graduate with A B M A and D D from Schecter Seminary, has led Adath Israel in Washington for six years.
Senate leaders pressed for a workable Article X compromise amid a split vote outlook. Democratic supports hovered around 32 and Republicans around 30, leaving a two vote shortfall of the 64 needed for ratification as debate stretched into the next day.
Republican leaders discussed wording tweaks to the Article 10 substitute in hopes of winning over a few Senate Republicans who earlier opposed the plan. The outcome remained uncertain as the party aimed to salvage the broader compromise amid ongoing splits.
The discussion centers on whether Democrats will push a substitute for Article 10 if Republicans fail. Rumblings of discontent among Republican reservationists suggest a new draft could surface from that faction. Senator Brandegee criticizes the Article 10 substitute and warns of potential interpretation by President Wilson. The treaty is not yet voted on. a formal Senate hearing resumes tomorrow with a final decision likely after Saturday.
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