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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
Robert D. Foster of Brockton, a World War I veteran with 75 scars from overseas service, has been approved for a 45 percent disability rating equal to $40.50 monthly. A $94 back pay check is expected from Washington.
Rome on May 12 reports the resignation of the Nitti cabinet after an adverse vote in the Chamber of Deputies. Signor Nitti then moved to adjourn the Chamber until the ministerial crisis was resolved, and the motion passed 225 to 126.
Father DeValles, famed chaplain of the 104th Infantry, received the Medal of Honor as news reached him on the eve of his funeral. He endured heavy artillery and rescued wounded under fire, earning the Croix de Guerre. Burial plans call for a military service in New Bedford with veterans present.
Imperial thrones from Berlin and Munich tied to unpaid bills after the Emperor’s abdication will be auctioned in the United States on May 22. A top local art collector announced the plan as one of the city’s largest sales events of the season.
Sixty five pieces arrived two weeks ago in New York carried by purchaser and importer Valdemar Povelson who faced German export permit hurdles. He says authenticity is vouched for by Berlin firms. The items include three salons with portieres bearing German eagles, wall hangings, Orient rugs for the former Kaiser, and furniture including pieces made for Empress Elizabeth.
The Kaiser, per Mr Powell son, was slow to settle accounts. After delays, tradespeople impatient with his payments seized household belongings to settle debts.
A meeting of American Women Pickets is scheduled tonight in Lorimer hall Tremont Temple. Speakers include Julia O Connor national president of the Telephone Operators Mrs G K Corless of New York director of the picket campaign at Washington and Miss Kathleen O Gorman delivering a message from Irish women to American women.
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