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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
3
Roland Sherman attorney for 75 year old George H. Caldwell says in a statement the $75,000 breach of promise suit against Miss Helen Marie Mason was not settled by payment. He refutes newspaper reports claiming a settlement and payment.
The British steamer Wolf ran aground at the harbor edge while outbound to Baltimore. Tugs from Boston freed her and she floated at a late hour. She anchored for the night and will proceed in the morning.
New York officials announced that Mrs. Ella Fleming of Los Angeles and her two daughters, arriving from Europe, failed to declare clothing and merchandise valued at 2496 dollars. The declared amount was 465 dollars. She faces arraignment before a United States commissioner tomorrow as customs holds her baggage and that of her daughter.
Cambridge England November 25 Sir Robert Stawell Ball Lowndean professor of astronomy at the university died here today aged 73 Born in Dublin in 1840 he studied at Trinity College and after graduation in 1865 he became private astronomer to the Earl of Rosse, a pioneer investigator of stellar spectra and nebulae.
Nine years after a prior appointment Ball became astronomer royal of Ireland and held the post until 1892 before moving to the university professorship. Knighted in 1886, he popularized astronomy through works such as The Story of the Heavens and The High Heavens and wrote widely for magazines. In 1892 he entered geology with Cause of the Ice Age, defending Kepler's Law of Equal Areas though the ice theory has since fallen from favor. his pamphlet remains a notable concise exposition.
Charles B. Fillebrown, longtime Massachusetts Single Tax League treasurer and president, resigns from the group citing disagreements over the movement. He argues rent taxation and private land ownership pose no moral or economic wrong, urging public decision on land tenure and criticizing the league's stance and broad public misgivings.
Mr. Fillebrown stated at the Hotel Bellevue last night that Henry George’s idea targets private property in land rent, not land itself. He argued taxation on rent does not diminish land value and that land remains secure under such a tax.
The dye house of William Pettigrew in Pawtucket was destroyed and the adjacent LeFavor rails building housing Pawtucket Furniture Company was badly damaged with contents. Loss estimated at $18,000. Flames started in the dye house from an unknown cause. aid came from Central Falls.
Edith M. Lawrence a 30 year old patient at 5 Burlington avenue Back Bay eluded her nurse and jumped from a second story window to the ground around midnight. Despite a search by family and police she remained missing early today.
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