Noted Hub Scientific Man Dead
Professor Charles R. Cross of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology died at his Brookline home after a brief illness. Born in 1848 in Troy New York he helped establish electrical engineering studies at Tech and aided early telephone development with Graham Bell. He served as professor emeritus after retiring in 1917 and held fellowships in leading scientific societies.
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Charles R. Cross
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brookline
Professor Cross
Troy
N.Y
Tech
Rogers Laboratory
Cross
Graham Bell
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Jewelry Auction Scandal Probed in Boston Court
In Central Court Judge Murray hears testimony over seven jewelry auction owners and auctioneers charged with false representations. Witness Earl McLain described buying rings and a watch falsely marketed as gold and genuine diamond. Experts testified values were far lower than claimed. The hearing continues with a ruling expected today.
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Boston
Central Court
Murray
Earl McLain
Colby Place
Lynn
McLain
Blakeley
Smith, Patterson Co
Tiffany
Morris Marks
Isadore Colmbes
Dorchester Physician Keeps Historic Fulton Watch
A heavy silver watch gifted by France in 1802 to Robert Fulton, builder of the first successful steamboat, rests with Dr. David L. Martin of Dorchester. The nonfunctional timepiece, featuring a thick concaved crystal and a small dial, was once insured for 5000 dollars and is tied to Fulton’s Clermont trials.
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France
Robert Fulton
Paris
David L. Martin
Rosedale Street
Dorchester
Monsieur Robt. Fulton
Plombiers
Fulton
Hudson
America
Ulster Loyalists Protest Ulster Subjugation in Belfast
Ten thousand Loyalists staged three meetings in Belfast condemning the British cabinet policy toward Ulster. The Lord Mayor led the principal Assembly Hall gathering and vowed Ulster would not submit to a Sinn Fein parliament. Resolutions pledged fidelity to the Liverpool conference and rejected any all Ireland dominion. Lloyd George sparked groans.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Ulster
Assembly Hall
Liverpool
Lloyd George
Arlington Harriers Race Hill and Dales at Menotomy Park
The Arlington High School cross country team led by captain Laurence Dallin will race Cambridge High and Latin School over three miles at the Menotomy Rocks Park course in Arlington. The start and finish are set at Spy Pond Athletic Field.
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Arlington High School
Laurence Dallin
Cambridge High and Latin School ‘Hill and Dalers
Menotomy Rocks Park
Arlington
Spy Pond
Saltman Sues Over False Arrest For $10000
Nathan Saltman Cambridge furniture dealer through attorney Joseph ONeill sues Frank A Goodwin Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles for $10000 damages claiming false arrest. Writ served in Superior Court returnable December 1. Saltman says Goodwin demanded license forfeiture on speeding counts and he refused. He alleges he was summoned to Cambridge police headquarters November 3 and illegally arrested by Inspector OHara without a warrant.
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Nathan Saltman
Cambridge
Joseph &. O'Neill
Frank A. Goodwin
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Goodwin
Saltman
Fire Drives Families to Street at 434 Harrison Avenue
A four story building at 434 Harrison Avenue owned by Frank McCaffrey and housing Empire Upholstering Co was damaged by a fire caused by an overheated picking machine. Smoke forced nearby families to flee and firefighter John Baldwin of Ladder 5 suffered smoke and glass injuries. Damages amount to 3300 dollars.
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Mr. Marks
Colmbes
Frank L. Denerns
Eliot Street
Joseph Clair
Huntington Avenue
Clair
Harry Pinansky
Colonial Diamond Co
Murray
John Baldwin
Ladder ’S
Harrison Avenue
Frank McCaffrey
Empire Upholstering Company
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Prof. Cross
Troy, N. Y
Mave
Newnes
Watcit
Sinn Fein
Arlington Harriers
South End
Pais
Personal Service Bureau
Washington Pe
Atlantic Ave
Tous
Os “Stomers
Tchell
Woodbury
Cor
Congress St
MITC
China
Border
Rosbud
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UIST
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