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Commerce, Am. Bar Assn., Oregon State Bar Assn., Am. Jewish Historical Soc., Shipping Soc. of America, Jewish Relief Soc., Portland Zionist Soc. (Pres.); Royal Rosarians, First Hebrew Benevolent Soc. Clubs: Portland Commercial, Portland Ad (pres., 1911); Portland Press, Associated Advertising of America. Residence: 485 East 18th St., North; office: 714-16 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Portland, Ore.

Moss, Hunter Holmes, Jr., United States congressman from the fourth district of West Virginia, was born May 26, 1874, in Parkersburg, W.Va. He served as judge of the fourth judicial circuit of West Virginia. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Parkersburg, W.Va.

Moss, Ralph W., congressman, was born at Center Point, Clay county, Ind., April 21, 1862. He was elected to the Indiana state senate of 1904, serving four years; was elected to the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a Democrat; and resides in Center Point, Ind.

Mossell, Nathan F., surgeon, was born July 27, 1856, in Hamilton, Canada, of Afro-American parentage. He came to Pennsylvania in 1873; was graduated from Lincoln University, Chester county, Pa., 1879, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1882. Through the late Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, was associated with the outpatient surgical department of the University of Pennsylvania; continued his studies in surgery by a post-graduate course at the Philadelphia polyclinic and subsequently went to Europe, where he took post-graduate studies at Guy's Queen's College and St. Thomas' hospitals, London, England. He was president of the National Medical Association from 1907 to 1908. In 1895 he organized the Frederick Douglass Memorial hospital and training school, Philadelphia, where he has since been engaged as medical director and attending surgeon. Under his leadership, the board of managers completed in April, 1909, and dedicated a new and modernly constructed hospital building, at a cost of $118,000. He is the author of a number of important treatise on medical subjects; the most recent, and probably the most widely read, was an exhaustive article read before the National Medical Association on Hospital Construction, Organization and Management.

Mott, Frank Kanning, mayor; born San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 21, 1866; son Peter D. and Fannie (Kanning) Mott. Educated Prescott Grammar School, Oakland, Cal., 1872-77; Classical School, George F. Degan. Married Mrs. Gertrude Bennett, Jan. 10, 1911, at San Francisco, Cal. Newspaper delivery boy at age of 13; later messenger for Western Union Tel. Co.; became clerk and first telephone operator at Oakland, Western Union Tel. Co., later becoming asst. lineman and collector; clerk in hardware store, 1882-89, when became member of firm. Purchased entire business in 1899, and continued until Jan., 1907, when entered real estate business. Established Merchants Exchange (now dir.). Dir. Board of Trade. Del. to County Conv., 1887; member City Council, 1895-1901; mayor of Oakland, since 1905.

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Frank K. Mott Co.; pres. and dir. Piedmont Hills Imp. Co., Pleasant Valley Imp. Co., Suburban Dev. Co., Humboldt County Land & Dev. Co.; vice-pres. Masonic Temple Ass'n; dir., Security Bank & Trust Co., Mascot Copper Co. Member Elks, Knights of Pythias, Masons, Scottish Rite, Knights Templar, Moose Lodge, Native Sons of the Golden West. Clubs: Nile, Athenian (Oakland); Union League (San Francisco). Address: Oakland, Cal.

Mott, Luther Wright, banker, of 73 W. Schuyler St., Oswego, N.Y., was born, Oswego, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1874; s. John T. and Alice J. (Wright) Mott; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1896; m. Oswego, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1902, Ruth Woolsey Johnson; children: Luther Wright, b. 1903; Alice Wright, b. 1905; Dorothy, b. 1908. One year in newspaper work after leaving college; since 1897 in banking business at Oswego, N.Y.; v.-p. and cashier First Nat. Bank, Oswego; dir. Auburn Trust Co.; v.-p. Nat. Republican League of U.S., 1900-02; pres. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n, Oswego, 1903; Oswego Chamber of Commerce, 1905-08. Appt'd State Sup't of Banks of N.Y. by Gov. Hughes, 1907, but resigned on account of ill health. Pres. State Bankers' Ass'n, 1909; Exec. Council Am. Bankers' Ass'n, 1908-10. Representative in Congress, 1910; re-elected, 1912. Delegate to Republican Nat. Conv., Chicago, 1908. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Colonial Wars; trustee Oswego Orphan Asylum, Y.M.C.A., Oswego, N.Y. Clubs: City, Fortnightly, Country, Yacht (Oswego), Harvard (Syracuse), Harvard (N.Y. City), Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.).

Moulton, Guy, civil engr., of 228 W. Kennedy St., Syracuse, N.Y., was born, Cicero, Onondaga Co., Feb. 25, 1861; son of Emery and Mary J. (Churchill) Moulton; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1881; married, Clay, Onondaga Co., N.Y., March 16, 1887, Sara A. Wright; children: Webster C., born 1889; Lloyd W., born 1891; Guy W., born 1897. Taught school, 1881-82; asst. engr. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R.R., from preliminary survey to completion of road, 1882-83; farmer, 1884-89; asst. engr. on Lizard Creek branch of Lehigh Valley R.R. in Pa. (built 12 miles), 1889-90; asst. engr. on Buffalo extension, same road (built 12 miles and completed 12 miles more), 1890-92; improved and extended Watkins water system, relined reservoir, installed pumping plant, etc., 1893; assistant engineer N.Y.&N.E.R.R.; also on survey for private road in Tennessee, 1894; engr. and gen. mgr. coal mining co., Pa., 1895. Asst. engr. Jackson & Mackinaw R.R., Mich. (built 12 miles), 1895-96; engr. and gen. mgr. for McDonald & Sayre, contractors on N.Y. State canals, under Nine Millions Act, 1896-97; first asst. engr., Middle Div. N.Y. State canals, 1897-1903; resident engr. on Barge Canal, 1903-09; div. engr. Middle Div. N.Y. State canals, 1909-10; 1st resident engr. Middle Div. N.Y. State canals since 1910 to date. Republican. Universalist. Trustee 1st Universalist Soc., Syracuse. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engrs., Technology Club of Syracuse, Royal Arch Mason. Mem. Citizens' Club of Syracuse.

Mountcastle, George Williams, banker; born Jefferson county, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1871; son of Andrew J. and Cornelia (Williams) Mountcastle; grad. from Carson & Newman Coll., Tenn., A.B.; m.

Lexington, N.C., Jan. 12, 1892, Frances Louise Hunt; children: Charles, Kenneth, Frances. Elected cashier Bank of Lexington at the age of 18 and president and director at the age of 23 (still serving); vice-president and director Lexington Building and Loan Association; secretary, treasurer and director Lexington Telephone Co.; director Nokomis Cotton Mills, Dacotah Cotton Mills; ex-president North Carolina Bankers Association; secretary-treasurer and director The Erlanger Cotton Mills Co. Democrat; Presbyterian. Grand Chancellor Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Lincoln Lithia, Iroquois. Address: Lexington.

Mowry, William Chapman, banker; general insurance agent; born, Menasha, Wis., Sept. 8, 1860; son of Winsor A. and Helen C. (Shephard) Mowry; educated in public schools of natvie town and Chicago, Mowry and Goff's English Classical School, Providence, R.I., and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; married, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 14, 1885, Ida Wheatley; one daughter, two sons. President Mechanics' Savings Bank of Woonsocket, R.I.; director National Globe Bank of Woonsocket, R.I. Republican; Congregationalist. Office: 92 Main St., Woonsocket.

Moynihan, Very Rev. Humphrey, M.A., D.D., president of the College of St. Thomas, Merriam Park, Minn., was born in Ireland, and received his education at the Royal University and subsequently at the College of the Propaganda, Rome, Italy. When St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., was opened (1894), he was appointed professor of dogmatic theology, and in 1903 became president of the College of St. Thomas, which under his leadership and careful guidance has developed into one of the foremost educational institutions of America. It ranks among the Class A military colleges of the United States, being in the first division, which is headed by West Point. Address: College of St. Thomas, Merriam Park, Minn.

Muckle, Mark Richards, newspaper manager, of 1722 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa., was born Sept. 10, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1853 he was appointed on the staff of Governor Bigler, with the rank of colonel. He was vice-president of the German Society and of the German Hospital. He was made treasurer of the Relief Society during the Franco-German War, forwarding to Germany nearly fifty thousand dollars for the relief of the orphans and widows of the soldiers. The Emperor of Germany conferred on him the Order of the Crown and the Military Order of the Red Eagle. He organized the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and has been its president. He is president of the German-American Title and Trust Company. He is general manager of the Public Ledger.

Mudd, Joseph Aloysius, soldier, physician and author, of Hyattsville, Md., was born Sept. 10, 1842, in Lincoln County, Mo. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army; participated in several battles in Missouri, and in 1864 became assistant surgeon. He is the author of History of Lincoln County, Mo.; With Porter in North Missouri, and What I Saw at Wilson's Creek.

Mulford, S. P., lawyer; born, Cincinnati, O., Aug. 26, 1850; son of David and Sarah Ann (Vail) Mulford. M.A., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O., 1876. His wife grad. in same class; Phi Beta Kappa. Admitted to bar 1878; practiced in all State and Federal Courts in Cal. since 1886. Married Helen B. Farrar, daughter of Capt. William M. Farrar, Aug. 26, 1885. Member law firm Mulford & Dryer. Member L. A. County Forestry Board, L. A. Bar Assn., Chamber of Commerce, Masons, Knights Templar, Shriners, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Jonathan, City Federation. Trustee First M.E. Church. Republican. Residence: 444 Westmoreland Ave., cor. 5th St.

Mullany, Rev. John Francis, author; born July 19, 1853, at Utica, N.Y.; ancestors were patriots and scholars; educated in Christian Brothers' Academy, Utica, N.Y.; Manhattan College, New York (A.B., 1876; A.M., 1877); and St. Joseph's Prov. Seminary, Troy, N.Y.; received the degree of LL.D. from Notre Dame University in 1898. Ordained priest (1880) at St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, N.Y.; assistant priest at St. John's, Utica, N.Y., 1880; Sacred Heart Church, Albany, N.Y., 1882, and appointed its pastor the following year. Built six churches, and founded summer and winter schools. Is now pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, Syracuse, N.Y. Author of Bible Studies; Literature and the Church; American Institutions; Pioneer Church of Empire State; Our Lady of Victory; Mirror of True Manhood; Bread of Angels. Contributor of various articles to the North American Review, American Catholic Quarterly, The Month, The Educator, Atlantic Monthly, Sacred Heart, The Rosary, and St. John's Monthly. Visited the Holy Land, Egypt, Continental Europe, British Islands, Bermuda, and has written of his travels for papers and magazines. Member of University, Historical, and Literary Clubs, Geographical Club, and others. Address: St. John's Rectory, Syracuse, N.Y.

Mulvey, Thomas, born Aug. 18, 1863, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Twice married, (1) Louise S. Bolster, daughter of Launcelot G. Bolster, Esq., Toronto; (2) Emily M. Wade, daughter of J. J. Wade, Esq., Chicago, Ill. Educated in St. Michael's College, Toronto, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, Toronto; scholarship man at the University of Toronto through course and first class honors and gold medal in physics on graduation. Fellow in Physics, University of Toronto, 1884-86; B.A., University of Toronto, 1884; Barrister-at-law, Osgoode Hall, 1889. King's Counsel, 1902; Assistant Provincial Secretary of Ontario, 1903; Under-Secretary of State of Canada, 1909. One of the founders of the Canadian Magazine and a contributor thereto, and to the Canada Law Journal. Publication "Canadian Company Law." Chairman of the Arts Class, University of Toronto, 1884. Clubs: Rideau, Ottawa. Address: Ottawa, Ontario.

Mundell, William Anderson, president W. A. Mundell International Detective Agency; born, Palmerston, Canada, Jan. 2, 1881; son of Wm. Robert and Katherine Mundell. D.D.S., Univ. of Cal., 1902. Married, Caroline Singer, Feb. 6, 1911, at Stockton, Cal. After graduation, practiced dentistry; reporter, "S. F.

Call," six years. Represented "Call" at office of "Oakland Tribune" when three S. F. morning papers issued a combined paper, April 19, 1906; served as special officer with health dept. during five days; following fire, went to "Examiner" as special writer and handled practically all big stories for "Examiner' until 1908, when became editor "S. F. Daily News"; went to "S. F. Bulletin" as special writer and handled crusade against McCarthy administration, causing defeat of McCarthy at next election. In June, 1911, took charge of S. F. office, W. J. Burns Natl. Detective Agency, and in six months was appointed gen. mgr. Pacific Coast Division. Resigned from Burns Agency Dec., 1913, and established own detective agency. 32° Mason. Res. : 1907 Leavenworth St. Office: Hobart Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Mundy, Ezekiel Wilson, clergyman, librarian; born in Metuchen, N.J., June 16, 1833; son of Luther Bloomfield and Frances Eliza (Martin) Mundy. He was graduated from the University of Rochester, A.B., 1860 and A.M., 1863; from Rochester Theological Seminary, B.D., in 1863, and from Syracuse University as Litt.D. in 1904, and from the University of Rochester, Litt.D., 1910. He was pastor of First Baptist Church of Syracuse, 18631866, of the Independent Church, Syracuse, 1866-1879, and of St. Marks Church (Episcopalian), Syracuse, 1993-1892. Since 1880 he has been Public Librarian of Syracuse. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, the American Historical Association, National Geographic Society, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Onondaga Genealogical Society, Onondaga Historical Association, and of the University Club of Syracuse. Dr. Mundy married in Syracuse, 1873, Emily Kendall, and they have three children. Address: Public Library, Syracuse, N.Y.

Munroe, Prof. Charles Edward, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Chemistry. Born Cambridge, Mass., May 24, 1849. B.S., summa cum laude, Harvard, 1871; Ph.D., George Washington, 1894. Asst. chem., Harvard, 1871-74; prof. U.S. Naval Acad., 1874-86; chem., U.S.N. Torpedo Sta. and War Col., 1886-92; prof. chem. and dean, faculty of grad. studies, George Washington, 1892. Mem. U.S. Assay Commission, 188590-93; visitor, U.S. Naval Acad., 1898; special agent in charge chem. industries, censuses of 1900-05-10; consulting chemist, U.S. Geol. Surv., 1907; U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1910; collaborating chemist, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1908-09. Commandant Order of Medjidje from Sultan of Turkey, 1901. F.A.A. (secy., subsect. chem., 1880; vice-pres., 1888); Chem. Soc. (pres., 1898); Soc. Chem. Indust.; Philos. Soc.; Naval Inst. ed., "Proc., 1880-86; assoc. fel. Am. Acad.; Wash. Acad.; Wash. Chem. Soc. (pres., 1895); London Chem. Soc.; Chem. Gesell. Explosives; analytical methods; chemical technology.

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Munson, John B., vice-president and general manager Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. Office: Macon, Ga. Born April 20, 1864, at Wilmington, N.C. Entered railway service 1882 with the Wilmington & Weldon Rd. as delivery clerk, since which he has been consecutively receiving and billing clerk same road, stenog

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