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Among the men that developed under Mr. Lawson's tutelage were Eugene Field, George Ade, John T. McCutcheon, Ray Stannard Baker, Peter B. Kyne, Frank B. Noyes...
...verdict at the hospital last night was that Robinson was not seriously hurt. His face was badly bruised and scratched and an X-ray will be taken in the morning to see if there are any internal injuries...
There seems, however, to be a small ray of hope in Mr. Cabot's admission that his college training not only did not counteract, but emphasized his incipient skepticism. For as he also says, it is folly to act on faith when one may have fact. One ascertains facts only with great difficulty and by constantly forcing one's self to demand the facts. This is the point of skepticism, only by highly developed doubt can the mysteries of the world ever hope to be penetrated, and the facts, which Mr. Cabot regards as preferable to faith, ever be discovered...
...Grindell-Matthews, inventor of a method of controlling motorboats at sea by wireless, for which the British Government awarded him $125,000, has perfected a principle by which airplane or other engines can be stopped in full operation through an invisible ray. He has demonstrated its efficacy with but a quarter kilowatt of power on engines in the laboratory, and needs only to strengthen its current for operation at a greater distance to bring airplanes in flight to a full stop and send them crashing to earth. No insulation is proof against this weapon, for if the carburetor were sufficiently...
...metre run, indoor: Joie Ray of the Illinois Athletic Club...