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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1915
Page
7
London readers admire Sir John Jellicoe as the fighting commander of the navy the public knows little about. His portrait draws cheers when shown in a London theatre highlighting his leadership of the grand fleet amid war.
War era praise for Admiral Jellicoe highlights his energy calmness and nerve. Contemporaries note his leadership from midshipman to commander in chief and his ability to keep the fleet coordinated with wireless signals. Beatty Sturdee and Jellicoe all rose by industry with no early influence.
Genoa Wisconsin October 1 Frank Alexander famed reptile hunter returns from hunt with a two headed rattlesnake. Alexander boasts I’ve caught 320 snakes in my time but this one has them all beat. He proceeds to mount the water wagon with haste.
Raymond Beck once known as the Angel Face boy with a cherubic look is now a reformatory inmate. He was committed without bail to Raymond Street Jail for burglary and a concealed weapon. He was caught leaving the Merkt apartment with a pistol and skeleton keys, with jewelry later identified as his by Merkt’s son and Mrs. Poole. Beck, son of well to do parents, started stealing at 14.
Harvard's department of government has arranged a lawyer to assist students at Cambridge City Hall and the Central Square police station for voter registration. The effort aims to maximize enrollments as Massachusetts Supreme Court rulings allow university students to register without proving self support. Admission requires men of 21 who have studied at Harvard for at least one year and first stop at City Hall for poll tax assessment.
Harvard Cercle Francais and Radcliffe actors will stage three one act plays by Maeterlinck Brieux and Moineau to benefit the French Red Cross on December 7. Harvard men will play male roles with Radcliffe undergraduates as the female leads. Tryouts tonight at Gray's Hall in preparation for a possible performance at Agassiz House Radcliffe.
In Trenton on October 11 a referee heard evidence in the divorce suit of Mrs. Noland C. Rockafellow of North Plainfield who was granted a decree nisi after the husband, already married, fled rather than confess a clandestine six month earlier wedding.
Washington report shows anthracite shipments for nine months 2,688,470 tons lower than 1914. September shipments reached 6,518,771 tons, down from 6,246,192. Tidewater coal on hand fell from 653,496 to 633,388 tons. Lehigh Valley led September tonnage with 1,003,233 tons, Philadelphia & Reading 395,718, and Lackawanna 820,440.
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