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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
8
A leaky oil stove exploded early yesterday at 71 Walnut Street West Roxbury wrecking the residence and forcing Mrs. Donahue and her four children to flee onto the street with damages around 2000 dollars.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued an appeal for contributions to water and care for horses on the streets during the upcoming summer months.
A large crowd is expected tomorrow at Fenway Park for a memorial field service honoring fallen service members. Governor Goolidge, Mayor Peters, and senior army and navy officers will attend a solemn high military mass led by Rev. Mer. John B. Peterson. Processions of military units and veterans will accompany the service which begins at 10 30 AM.
Raymond J. Pierce of 15 Garden street bought a $100 Confederate bill at South Station, then changed it for a man at a nearby window. A Dewey square shopkeeper told Pierce that Jefferson Davis does not appear on U S currency.
Dedication ceremonies for a monument to poet John Godfrey Saxe will take place at the Saxe homestead in Highgate on Wednesday June 2 the poet’s birth anniversary. Governor Percival W Clement Lieutenant Governor Mason S Stone and Speaker Charles S Dana will attend. John G Saxe of New York a grandson will speak on the Saxe family and Miss Mary Sallace Saxe of Montreal a niece will unveil the monument. The Governor will accept the deed for the state. Special trains arranged for large attendance.
Miss Angelyne J Funal senior class President at Boston University liberal arts will take a leading part in the annual commencement exercises. She has been a popular figure throughout college and serves on the executive committee of the Arts Dramatic Club and belongs to Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
The chancery released new confirmation dates across multiple churches. Listings include St Benedict Somerville June 11 at 3 pm, St Joseph Hollbrook June 12 at 9 am, Sacred Heart Brockton June 12 at 10 am, St Patrick Brock June 12 at 11 am, St Michael Lowell June 15 at 10:30 am, St Louis Lowell June 5 at 2:30 pm, St Ann Lawrence June 17 at 10:30 am, St Lawrence Lawrence June 17 at 2:30 pm, St Margaret Beverly Farms June 19 at 9:30 am, St Ann Gloucester June 19 at 11 am, Our Lady of Good Voyage Gloucester June 19 at 2:30 pm, Immaculate Conception East Weymouth June 24 at 9:30 am, Holy Family Rockland June 24 at 10:30 am, Holy Ghost Whitman June 29 at 10:30 am.
Two shiploads of cane sugar totaling 10,496,000 pounds are due next week. The Lake Butler from Banes arrives tomorrow and the Lake Cayuga from Banes arrives Tuesday. All sugar grown on United Fruit Company plantations will be refined at Revere Sugar Refining Company's Charlestown plant.
The May 28 Commerce Department report shows U S exports fell by 100 million to Europe in April while the trade balance with the Old World rose by 254 million. Asia and South America kept a favorable balance, North American trade remained steady, and Germany's exports rose to 23 million from 20 million.
The Maurice Schwartz Company presented Dercchmid's Techter or The Blacksmith's Daughter a pastoral drama about Nachman Ber his two daughters and their lovers. Maurice Schwartz as Nisen Alter Gustave Schacht as Nachman Ber Miss Bertha Gerstein and Miss Baradofsky as Zelde and Leah received praise for their performances.
Events today include Salvation Army Tag Day and Tree Day at Wellsley Lasell Seminary May fete Pilgrim Tercentenary Pageant by South End children Makers of New England, and dedication of Community Club memorial to Charles Bee Lauriat with Rev Horton address at Second Church Boston.
Charles Francis aged 13 and Edward Slegmis kis aged 14 of East Cambridge will be war arraigned in Middlesex County Juvenile Court on charges of breaking and entering. They confessed to 14 breaks near Central Square and led police to stolen items including ars cigarettes bicycles a gold watch and chain.
A newlywed has been detained as authorities pursue leaders in a gang investigation. The arrest follows a wave of raids and ongoing inquiries into the group’s operation and ties to local crime.
Carl Leaf of Granite Street Quincy and Mrs. Sullivan were arrested as Hull police probe a coastwide spree of burglaries. Loot valued at $600 or more was recovered, with more arrests expected. The string of breakins stretched from Windmill Point to Green Hill injuring Hull Hill, with bottles, clothing, phonographs and furniture stolen from summer homes.
The Wilbur Theatre revived after a hiatus with the first Boston performance of The Poor Little Ritz Girl. Written by Henry B. Stillman and Richard C. Rodgers and staged by Lew Fields, the premiere marks a rare Fields attraction in Boston.
A Southern girl in New York seeks a living on the stage and leases a rich man’s apartment. Midnight intrusion leads to a play within the plot and a wedding ends the romance. Victor Morley Roy Attwell lead a strong cast with Aileen Poe Eleanor Griffith Lulu McConnell and others drawing cheers.
Major Charles Wellington Furlong denounces propaganda by national groups as alienizing the United States at the Free Religious Association festival linked to its annual convention. Francis Neilson elected president with a large list of vice presidents including John Haynes Holmes and Stephen S. Wise. George Grover Mills reelected secretary and M. C. Wilson treasurer. Frances M. Cadman, John Morris Evans, and D. A. MacInnes named directors.
Memorial Day ceremonies were held on the Dorchester High School lawn with 500 pupils in formation under Colonel William Pelkus and 100 girls in uniform. Flags were raised before members of the American Legion posts in Dorchester and G A R veterans and invited guests reviewed the parade along Centre street.
The French government and people plan a nationwide expression of friendship and gratitude to the United States for Memorial Day. Reports from all departments indicate France will observe the day with keen interest and make it their own observance.
The Memorial Day fund for decorating American graves in France has surpassed 70 000 francs and may top 1 000 000 francs as more gifts come in. In 457 French grave sites, French deputations will honor the dead, with wreaths from peasants and flowers from American committees. Each mound will bear at least one American and one French decoration, with French troops present at main ceremonies and five local organizations at Suresnes. Memorial services across France may include tributes in sermons and a Feast of St. Joan of Arc. Colonel Francis Drake chairs the Memorial Day Committee and has arranged for every one of the 70 000 American graves to be decorated by sun down Memorial Day. Grave sites span from Alsace to Dunkirk and Marseilles to Luxemburg, each with an American flag and wreaths prepared for the ceremonies. Graves registration troops will depart at daybreak Sunday with flowers and flags to honor comrades.
Patrick F. Tayne a printer in Boston for 47 years and 20 years with Boston newspapers died after a weeklong illness at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital aged 61. He lived at 31 Alston street Charlestown for 58 years and left a wife three sons and two daughters. His sons Henry J Joseph J and Frank J were printers and daughters Catherine M and Mrs Dennis F O Leary.
Management announces the sudden closing of The Ouija Board. Tickets for next week may be exchanged at the Plymouth Theatre box office for this afternoon’s matinee or tonight’s performance.
John R. Fay aged 25 of 985 Harrison avenue was found unconscious at the junction of Washington and Springfield streets after accidentally drinking a corrosive poison. He is listed on the danger list at City Hospital.
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