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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1916
Page
8
Belasco in town for the week says the European war creates opportunity for American playwriting. He notes managers gain little from Germany Austria Hungary France or England and predicts a surplus of good plays to supply American theatres.
The wizard of the footlights laments film drawing talent from the stage and predicts fewer top stars after the war. He warns of aging actors on screen, notes rising salaries, and calls for mystery and diverse audiences. Belasco also praises newspapers as influential and cites his 24 plays including The Return of Peter Grim.
The new St. Anne’s Church at Ashmont street and Neponset avenue opened informally with a 9 o clock mass led by Rev. James Flannery. About 2500 people attended the day’s events including 11:30 mass by Rev. Joseph Brantiey and evening vespers by Rev. J S MecKone, the church pastor.
Harold Craft, 16, known locally as Jekyl and Hyde, surrendered to Winchester police Saturday night. He was booked and fingerprinted and will be arraigned in Roxbury Court on a murder charge for the death of his 2 year old cousin Arline Kern.
Craft confessed to striking his young cousin about 15 times with a stick leading to the boy’s death. He spent yesterday in a West Roxbury cell after Bertillon measurements and rest. Neighbors recall a split persona, trusted at home but wary among peers.
Capablanca did not play as adjournments from rounds eight and ten wrap up. Oscar Chajes remains in second with 71 2 to 21 2 after draws and resignations, Bernstein forcing a perpetual check to draw in 51 moves. Janowski defeated Rosenthal after 57 moves while Hodges forced Banks to resign in adjourned games.
Dartmouth students were awakened at 3 30 this morning by the fire whistle and rushed from their rooms to find a blaze in the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity house on West Wheelock street. The fire started in the ceiling of the front living room probably from defective wiring and spread along the walls, burning through the floor of the room above. Damage did not exceed $300.
Miss Eleanor Mathewson of New York and Miss Charlotte Harvey of Deal Beach challenge the claim that hair color influences a woman’s success or prospects. They dispute the stereotype with comments made at the Hotel Westminster and shared with a Post reporter.
In Falmouth on January 30 Joseph Hodgkins, a popular young man, was shot in the Elm Arch Inn by Mrs. Arline Luce, a recently married bride. Hodgkins, in serious condition at New Bedford hospital, suffered a shattered jaw from a revolver reportedly owned by Mrs. Luce's husband. State Police Officer Ernest Bradford investigates with the theory of accidental discharge. Mrs. Luce says the pistol discharged as she packed it, Hodgkins offering no explanation.
Berlin reports a collision at Calrum Prussia between a fast train and a hospital train. One person was killed and 53 injured. 47 on the hospital train were badly injured and six on the fast train were injured. Despatches from Cologne confirm the incident.
An informal conference involving Dartmouth President Ernest Fox Nichols, faculty, students, and Boston influentials gathered at A. Lincoln Filene’s Weston estate. The talks aimed to chart a major advancement in education and might mark a significant forward step for the institution.
Boston business leaders attended a Dartmouth conference on creating a cooperative vocational bureau to place students in summer work. The plan aims to give three summer vacations of practical experience, advancing graduates a year. Attendees included President Nichols Dean Laycock Guild Parkhurst Lingley Neef Knapp McGill and Paul Trier hosted by A Lincoln Filene at his Weston home.
The St Mark Literary Club of St Mark Congregational Church Boston adopted resolutions condemning alleged race discrimination in the discharge of Miss Jane R Bosfield a young Negro woman from the position of stenographer at the Medfield State Insane Asylum. The discharge was deemed unfair and contrary to law and her friends will fight it.
Greek officials protest the French occupation of the Karaburun fortress last week. The Greeks claim only 80 men manned the stronghold when three French regiments of infantry artillery and cavalry arrived without warning and compelled surrender after a brief parley.
A Reuters despatch from Saloniki reports an authoritative explanation that Greece occupied the fort on Karaburun peninsula after a German submarine neared the Saloniki channel and torpedoed a transport carrying a large number of personnel or supplies.
London January 30 The Greek government denounces the occupation of Karaburun as a violation of the written accord with the general staff and General M. P. E. Sarrail and of assurances by entente diplomats that no further occupations were planned.
In Greek territorial waters the transport was beached and most mules rescued. The incident underscored the need for strict coast policing to protect warships and transports at Saloniki, preventing enemy vessels from using Karaburun fort to reach the Saloniki roadstead.
BEAVER FALLS Penn Jan 30 The strike of 1200 Union Drawn Steel Company workers, begun last Tuesday, is settled. A sliding scale raise will give all men an advance, replacing the 10 percent demand. Company officials say operations at both plants will resume tomorrow.
Miss Ruth True of the United States Children's Bureau told Union Park Forum that funding can cut baby death rates by half through intelligent instruction of mothers. She replaced Felix Frankfurter and described infant mortality as tied to negligence and ignorance, calling infancy a dangerous occupation.
The National Equal Rights League marks the birth anniversaries of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass with a Sunday service at Twelfth Baptist Church Boston. Rev M A N Shaw presides Joshua A Crawford delivers the Douglass address Professor A B Hart Harvard speaks on Lincoln. Columbia Glee Club sings Harry Delmore solo E T Morris Cambridge president William M Trotter Boston secretary Admission free.
Ex State Treasurer Frederick W Mansfield lectured to a South Boston audience at the municipal building on Broadway. He argued the Roman Catholic Church has, for 1900 years, been the principal influence in preserving art science and literature and has uplifted humanity, despite critics.
Dr. Joseph Head of Philadelphia urged Forsyth Dental Clinic attendees to use a toothbrush about half the usual size. He advised brushing the gums vigorously, noting it may hurt at first but can prevent infectious diseases including influenza and other ailments such as heart weakness stomach ulcers and appendicitis.
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