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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
6
Beatrice Grimshaw's serialized tale The Girl of the Nutmeg Isle continues to intrigue as it appears in the Magazine Section of next Sunday's Post.
Henry W Wellington 40 a former cordage manufacturer from Boston and longtime New Yorker living at 4 West 40th Street committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself in the right temple with a revolver. He had been troubled by nervous strain linked to business difficulties.
Wellington, a New York cordage and lace curtain magnate, was found dead by his own hand in his Gloucester contact home after planning to leave for New York. His death follows recent business reverses and financial speculation. His widow, Mrs. May Ethel Wellington, sails to New York to arrange funeral. He was born in 1875 and held multiple company posts including Wellington Pierce Company treasurer and Silver Lake Company treasurer.
Boston glaziers vote to strike if employers do not concede a 44 hour week and wage raises. The Painters' District Council 41 meeting at 12 Kneeland Street reported several shops already granted the new schedule. A New York firm and a Salem plant have agreed to the changes, and Braves ballpark dispute at Allston was settled.
Mayor Curley backs a reorganization placing Dr Mahoney as head of a five deputy commissioner health department. Dr Gallivan likely leaves. Dr Mallowney may join as deputy. Mahoney vows to shape the new structure after Civil Service approval and notes his family joy at the appointment.
Charles Isenecker aged 15 found his father 67 dead by hanging from the door of his Roxbury home on Arcola street last evening around six. Dr. Newman and Medical Examiner Leary ruled death by own action amid the father’s two year illness.
Charles Levy was sentenced to 18 months by Justice Dowd for attempting arson at his sister's store on 29 Green Street July 22. Officer Nordberg caught him in the act and Levy appealed, remaining held on $2500 bail. The court found clear criminal purpose despite claims of cigarette carelessness.
Police chase tangled clues as Dr Otto Panner's case widens with a suspected German secret service connection. Investigators tie a burn scar on a Cape Cod daughter to Miss Marvy Smith, while notes point to Mrs Alder Richer and a Brockton link.
Boston police close in on Panner amid tangled claims of multiple marriages and engagements, aliases including Otto Panner and Otto E. Smit, and a possible German secret service link. A Roxbury landlady’s husband plans to seek a warrant for a $100 bogus check as investigators trace Panner’s movements from Brockton to Brookline and beyond.
A sunspot six times Earth's diameter was seen at Christian Brothers' College in St. Louis. The spot appeared today and will remain visible until August 10, having first appeared last February and now entering its seventh solar rotation.
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