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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1911
Page
2
Washington reports the mobilization of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets at New York and Los Angeles from Oct 30 to Nov 2. The event will mark the greatest naval force afloat in this hemisphere, likely the last such assembly of current warships under the United States.
A naval expert warns that Germany will climb to second place in shipbuilding within three years given current growth. The estimate contrasts with Congress allowing the American navy to add at least twice as many battleships yearly as the present plan allows.
The Navy released the full list of ships for the New York and Los Angeles reviews. The combined 126 American vessels total 693,844 tons, with the Atlantic fleet at 102 ships 577,599 tons and the Pacific fleet at 24 ships 116,245 tons. The New York mobilization includes battleships Connecticut Florida Utah Delaware North Dakota Michigan Louisiana South Carolina Kansas Vermont New Hampshire Minnesota Mississippi Idaho Missouri Ohio Georgia Nebraska New Jersey Virginia Maine Iowa Indiana Massachusetts plus armored cruisers Washington North Carolina and more across categories such as cruisers destroyers torpedo boats submarines gunboats auxiliaries colliers and tugs. The Pacific fleet lists Oregon as battleship and several armored cruisers cruisers destroyers torpedo boats submarines tenders and auxiliaries with total tonnage 713,?
Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson offer insider stories on the World Series battle in the Sunday Post. The two baseball legends share insights readers crave, as exclusive coverage hails the forthcoming discussion and talk of the town surrounds their analyses.
Auto touring suffragists accompanying Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham and other Republicans in Springfield on October 13 offered no interruptions. They listened patiently, or spoke from a safe distance, while Mrs. Susan Fitzgerald and the Women’s Suffrage League helped keep the event orderly as candidates press for votes.
Republicans draw about 600 listeners in a Springfield rally while suffragists attract a small crowd on a street corner. Mrs. Fitzgerald leaves the party. Frothingham and Walker speak at high school tonight, urging a Republican win for Massachusetts and the party's future in 1912. Robert Luce presses Foss on the Sherman antitrust law as the tour runs through Holyoke Westfield Huntington Wilbraham Hampden Agawam Springfield. Clarence the suffragette chauffeur revealed as William Lucia a Wesleyan Academy graduate.
Sara Allgood of the Irish Players dropped her skirt in a Bernard Shaw scene to the audience's amusement. She recovered with coolness, resumed her lines, and adjusted the garment gracefully while a cowboy actor offered his coat, which she rejected.
The Irish Players presented Lady Gregory's Image last evening in three acts on the Plymouth stage. A coastal Irish tale centers on a washed up whale and a village decision about oil money before a statue is planned. The cast of seven delivered bright lines and Irish wit. The program also included The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet. the same bill repeats this afternoon.
The old belief that eczema is a blood disorder gives way to Cadum applied directly to affected skin. It claims to destroy disease germs, relieve itching instantly, and shorten stubborn cases. Advertises 10¢ and 2 for 1/2d? 669.
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall staged a public rehearsal honoring three decades with Eroica, Schubert, and Brahms Academic Overture. Beethoven's epic and Schubert's romantic symphonies highlighted a night praised for bold steps in musical evolution. Next week Liszt centenary features Les Preludes and related works with Rudolph Ganz as soloist.
Miss Cassie French an Austin soprano danced for three minutes inside a lion cage at the museum amid six Nubian lions. One lioness lunged but another male lion intercepted, saving her from injury. she then received flowers and a $50 reward from Frank P. Stone.
A batch of death notices and funeral details from Boston area addresses including Blair Chelsea Elizabeth Blair eight years nine months, Burns Clara Mildred in Roxbury age 27, Krewell Eugene Joseph one year, Benshimol Annie at Cambridge, Cadigan J igan Roslindale, Cancian Osvaldo East Boston, and Chase M. Chase with funeral arrangements and invited relatives, reflecting local obituary style and private services.
Semi official reports say Italy will send a fleet to strike Symria and Saloniki if massacres of Italians recur along the Hadjaz Railway. Eleven aeroplanes and two dirigible balloons will scout and drop bombs into enemy camps from Tripoli, with bombs made for wide impact.
General Vallerie oversees the Tripoli occupation with estimated costs around 60 million dollars. The operation is projected to last at least 20 months before civil administration begins. Albanian residents in Italy appeal to the Italian government, trusting Italy's hospitality and declining German protection offered to Ottoman subjects on the peninsula.
The St Petersburg note publicized today asserts Russia’s right under the Paris 1856 declaration and London 1859 terms to ship corn to Black Sea and Italian ports not bound for Italian forces or official consignees. It warns Turkey of heavy responsibility for any arrest or confiscation.
Multiple death notices list names such as Nancy Campbell John F Crowley Thomas Collupy John A Davis Margaret Francis Doherty Catherine A Dowmerty William Fitch Daniel J Killeen Joseph Linney Francis Maraneral Murray Morrison Mary Woods Ellen Woods and others with funeral times from Oct 11 to Oct 18. Locations include East Boston Roxbury Dorchester South Boston Newton Waithe Winchester and Roxbury with church masses and burial plans.
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