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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
16
J Edward Mullen longtime Boston official and superintendent of supplies died yesterday at his Back Bay home 37 Mountfort street He would have turned 58 within a few days His service spanned five years in city government and he was a prominent municipal figure in Boston.
Portrait of John Mullen who served as a Republican holdover during a Democratic era. He rose in Cambridge and Boston retail circles before becoming superintendent of supplies under Mayor Hibbard and later Fitzgeralds appointee was blocked by the Civil Service Commission. He leaves a widow Cora Locke and two sisters Katherine and Georgia. Funeral from his Cambridge residence Wednesday at 3 p.m.
The Polly, an 108 year old schooner and the oldest vessel of her type afloat, has been bought by Alfred Johnson of 14 Arlington Street. She rests at Dighton and will be repaired before heading to Newport. Johnson plans to moor her at City Point or in the Charles River basin for public viewing.
Judge Rosalsky denied a new trial for thug known as Happy Jack Mulraney who was condemned for the murder of Paddy the Priest. The ruling ends appeals and leaves the execution scheduled under the state’s death penalty rules.
Paul Patkotak age 18 will sail May 22 from Point Barrow aboard the schooner Transit to claim Miss Alice Ahlock a Point Barrow government school teacher who refused marriage three years ago because of his lack of education.
A young man rejected by Miss Ahlock trapped Arctic foxes to finance a year of schooling and sailed to Seattle. He entered a grammar school thanks to skills learned at Point Barrow School. Summers with a fishing fleet and last year’s study in shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping completed his kit. Patkotak travels south in furs and will return in American clothing.
Washington May 5. Constituent societies of the American Congress of Physicians and Surgeons plan a policy of silence on the Friedmann tuberculosis cure. Meetings open with Welcoming remarks but no formal discussion on the cure is planned, though open talks may occur.
Christiania May 5 The Storthing voted a life annuity of 6000 kroner for Roald Amundsen the South Pole explorer. The grant totals about 1620 dollars and honors his polar voyage achievements.
The engagement of Miss Elsse Pollard of Vincent Club to Alvin F. Sortwell Harvard hockey star was announced at Pollard home. Pollard debut went in the Tuileries ballroom and she is active in Vincent Club affairs. No wedding arrangements are announced.
The story reports Harry Thurston Feck former Columbia University professor of ancient languages, ill with a nervous malady in Ithaca Hospital. He is being taken to New York by his divorced wife Mrs Cornelia D Peck and a trained nurse and will then go to Sound Beach Connecticut for treatment. His present wife Mrs Elizabeth Dubois Peck left for New York. Medical staff say his condition remains precarious with little hope of recovery.
A Quincy woman intended no alarm when she put a letter into a bright red fire box at Elm and Hancock streets. She opened the box and pulled the hook, then, surprised to see a fire response, explained she had made a mistake and asked for her letter back. Chief Litchfield and firefighters assisted as the letter was retrieved.
Trustees re elect A. Shuman as president for the 21st consecutive year. Manning is chosen secretary. Shuman first became president on May 2, 1892.
Mrs. Mary Eswassed, about 35, died in Worcester City Hospital after failing to rally from a Paris green dose taken Saturday afternoon in a suicide attempt.
Washington reports indicate American producers face about 3 million dollars yearly in lost flour and related goods such as cement, typewriters, and machinery because Brazil ends the 30 percent customs differential after tensions over the coffee valorization policy. Brazil may shift demand to Argentina where mills anticipate control of the flour market.
Representative Lewis J. Martin of Newton New Jersey who was serving his first term in Congress collapsed at Union Station Washington after arriving from New JerseyHe was 69 and had held state offices including Senate minority leader from 1899 to 1902 He died shortly after being assisted into an office by bystanders
City Council openly defied the Finance Commission at yesterday’s session despite claiming reform. The commission had warned that requesting salary hikes for city laborers breached the city charter and that seven councilors faced potential jail and fines.
Councillor Watson urged the Finance Commission to pursue warrants against seven councilors for charter violations or to refer the matter to the district attorney. Councillor Smith called the commission’s statements ridiculous and moved an inquiry into a 1911 street lamp loan order. The council pressed a series of counter orders while the commission offered no defenders.
New York police issued a nationwide alert for Alresto Shieldiano known as the paper box kid a gangster and ex convict accused of murdering John Rezzo and two policemen on Mulberry Street. A dozen East Side gangsters are under police dragnet and Shieldiano has fled the city.
Unless the situation shifts, Frank J. L. Randall of Minnesota is expected to be confirmed as prison commissioner by the Executive Council at the Wednesday meeting.
Emerson College student Miss Millie B Whitten writes a new song for the Oregon Rose Festival. The piece honors the festival and showcases Whitten s vocal arrangement and regional musical talent.
Emerson girl Miss Millie B Whitten of Portland Oregon has published The Portland Rose to be used at the rose festival there. Music by Grace L McCoy a Boston businesswoman from Sprague Washington.
Ernest Atkins 26 shot himself in the head with an 82 caliber revolver at his aunt Mrs Amos Borden 48 Summer Street Watertown. He died at Waltham Hospital last night after being found yesterday afternoon. He was reportedly sick of working.
Edmund Trowbridge Dana grandson of Longfellow and a Harvard student and retired street car conductor spoke at the Boston School of Social Science last night. He described Greater Boston women as a brainless set regarding street car riding, sharing experiences from his recent work as a conductor on the Boston & Middlesex road at 267 Boylston Street.
The speaker criticizes women riders as slow and indecisive on streetcars while recounting his early days as a spare man. He describes low pay, long hours, and fatigue, noting a shift from amateur sports to car work and an evolving view of workers and socialism. He contrasts working people with Harvard students and reflects on economic pressures limiting thought.
Sixty five or more children under Miss Marie Currie present the operetta Cinderella in Flowerland for St. Theresa's parish West Roxbury with Rev. John F. Broderick as rector. A supper and dancing follow the evening show in Highland Hall. A matinee for children runs 4 to 6 pm tomorrow, limited to young performers. The parish community backs the event with strong support and high hopes for success.
Last night the Pop concerts began with a larger orchestra of 66 string players, producing richer, fuller tone. The program featured Wagner Weber and Strauss pieces, with organ and solos, drawing strong audience enthusiasm and lively dancing in the crowd.
Otto Urack conducted his first pop concert with notable success and refined programming. The performances reached symphonic standards, and Urack impressed with light popular pieces and the solemn march from Tannhauser as well as Die Walkure’s closing music. The evening drew spring partygoers and attentive patrons seeking quality music.
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