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VOLUME XXII NUMBER 252. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BUILT UP BUSINESS FROM TWO
STREAKS OF RUST ACROSS
THE PRAIRIE
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 17. (/P)— (
Charles S. Mellen, retired president of A
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad and Boston and Maine
Railroad, died at his home.
Charles Sanger Mellen attained nat
ional prominence as a railroad fficial
in 1903 when the late J. Pierpont Mor
gan brought him back from the west
after rehabilitating the Northern Pa
cific to repeat his success with the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad.
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As the head of the Northern Pa-'t
cific, Mr. Mellen performed something g
of a traffic miracle in building up the p
western line in six years from what he
described as little better thtan two ^
streaks of rust across the prairie”, to ^
a flourishing fast-freight system. t
With the Morgan power behind him, f
Mr. Mellen launched sweeping plans \
for the New Haven, asserting that <
monopoly was best for New England j
transportation. In the next 10 years
the New Haven absorbed outside land
and water competition to the extent
of more than $200,000,000. The meth
ds of the management provoked a pub. ■>
lie storm. Courts, legislators and the(
Interstate Compierce Commission
arose to challenge Mr. Mellen and his
associates in their course.
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WAS INDICTED CONSPIRACY
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Mr. Mellen was indicted connec-;
tion with the third deal for his efforts^
in blocking the pi Hi of the Grand;
Trunk to invade New England with a
completing line to Providence, R. I.j
He was charged with conspiracy in
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
act, but Mr. Mellen said lie voluntar
ily assumed the responsibility of the
indictment to shield Mr. Morgan,
whose health had failed.
Since his retirement from active
business Mr. Mellen made his home at
Concord, N. H., and had a country es
tate at Stockbridge, Mass.
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WRANGELL, Nov. 17. (JP)—James
E. Ryder, attorney of Fairbanks, was
arrested ypon the arrival of the S. S.
Yukon and placed in the city jail on a
federal warrant charging him with
embezzlement of public funds. Ryder,
who was enroute to Seattle at the time
of his arr'fest, was recently connected
with the Municipal Governm^at of
Fairbanks.
TO SIGN NEW TREATY
PARIS, Nov. 17. (£>)—France and
Jugo Slavia will sign a treaty of
friendship and mutual protection
Thursday.*
THIRD MACGRUDER
ARTICLE APPEARS
IN EVEKIN6 POST
ADMIRAL, NOW IN HOT WATER,
RELATIVE SUBTLE FORCE
SUBS AT CONFERENCES
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17. <£>)—'The
third of a series of articles on naval
matters by Admiral Macgruder will
appear in the Saturday Evening Post,
out Thursday. It is entitled “Sub
marines” and is devoted’almost entire,
ly to describing the construction, op
eration and functions of under water
boats; their record and their possi
; bilities.
\ Macgruder in the article says that
twice within the past five years the
submarine has shown its power at
peace time conferences.
, “At the limitation armaments con
ference at Washington in 1922 it fig
ured in desuits in a far greater degree
than was suspected. At the 1927 con
- ference at Geneva its force was sub
5 tie and mysterious and seldom dis
t cussed. That prompted the urge foi
l more cruisers.”
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1 BIG BUDGET APPROVED
t TOKYO, Nov. 17. (£>)—'The Govern
- ment has approved a budget for nex
- year calling for 1,760,000,000 yen.
FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP-j
ION OF THE WORLD WAS FINE
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NEGRO CHARACTER
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NEW YORK, Nov. 17. (JF)—'"Tiger"
Flowers, former middleweight champ
ion of the world, died after a minor
operation.
The death of the negro "The Geor
gia Deacon” was announced at the of
fice of W. Miller, manager for Flow
ers, after information concerning the
fighter’s condition was refused at the
private hospital of Dr. W. G. Fralick
where the operation was performed;
late Wednesday. i
I Miller said that Flowers, after sub
mitting to a minor operation for re
rallied from the ether and was in fair
ly satisfactory condition but suffered
a sinking spell some hours later and
died shortly after 8 o’clock.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (/P)—The
| resources of National banks in con
tinental United States, Alaska and
1 Hawaii on October 10 aggregated
' $27,213»S 24,000.00 the largest amount
- ever reported by tthe comptroller of
currency.
U. OF SANTA CLARA LOSES j
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. (/P)—
Olympic club football team defeated;
the University of Santa Clara by a
score of 6 to 0.
AGENT ADMITS WAS
ORDERED TESTIFY
FALSELY OIL CASE
GOVERNMENT AGENTS ALLEGED
TO HAVE BEEN DETECTED
TAMPERING, JUROR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (^—Wil
liam McMuUan, agent 1-56, admitted
that as agent for Burns he had been
ordered to testify falsely and testified
to making of false retorts and solemn
affidavit which he swears was false
from beginning to end.
This affidavit was filed with the
Government by William Burns, head
of the agency and itt contained alega
tion that Government agents had been
detected tampering with the specified
juror. This affidavit if accepted would
have caused a mistrial.
McMullan further testified he had
been ordered by the Burns head toj
stand by the false affidavit. McMul
lan said he told former Governor Pine
hot of his suspicions on October 18 and
thereafter, while continuing as confi
dant of the Burns Agency acted as
'agent for the United States Govern
ment.
N. Y. TEMPERATURE
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. (/P)—Tem
peratures minimum 40 maximum 50.
HURM 0Eftp
THERE ARe
1 $QV\£ fAORE lr^
the Pen when
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COOLIE HONORED
BY UNION LEAGUE;
MEDAL CERTIFICATE
WILL BE GUE8T TONIGHT OF
CIVIL WAR LEAGUE; THIRD
PRESIDENT SO HONORED
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17. (£>)—
President Coolidge will be the guest
of the Union League tonight where he
will receive the leagues gold medal
for distinguished public service and a
certificate of honorary membership.
Coolidge will be the third president
to receive the medal and the first to
receive both the medal and certificate.
President Lincoln and Johnson were
the other recipients. The Union Lea
gue was founded 65 years ago to pro
mote and support Lincoln policies
during the Civil War.
SEVERE BUTTLE ON
THE RAILROAD FRONT
OF TIENTSIN-PUKOW
OVER THOUSAND SERIOUS CAS
UALTIES; 60,000 ATTACK
NORTHERN FORCES
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 17. (TP)—Severe
fighting along the Tientsin-Pukow
Railway was indicated with the arrival
at Nanking of 1,100 serious casualty
cases.
1 Sixty thousand Nationalists attack
|ed the Northern forces and one Nat
ionalist divisiin was decimated. An
other regiment was reduced to 40 men.
The United States 'gunboat Ash
ville was sent from Hongkong to
Kuengkong to investigate a distur
bance. Nine Americans, including two
! women, are said to be in the district.
'CONTAINED 240 CASES ALLEGED
| LIQUOR BELONGING TO FORM
ER DRY AGENT
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SEATTLE, Nov. 17. (/P)—1The Fed
eral jury acquitted Roy Olmstead, Pa
cific Northwest rum baron, of indict
ment charging him with smuggling 240
cases of liquor into the United Statee
and evading the customs law.
The verdict was reached after a few
hours deliberatin. Olmstead contend
ed the liquor which was landed at
Woodmont Beach on Thanksgiving
Day, 1926, was the property of Alfred
Hubbard, suspended dry. agent and
chief prosecution witness.