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The Washington times., 1922-09-10

On every floor, the same horrid
vision confronted the. searchers,
even in the bedrooms where the
three hermit members Of the
Mellen family slept. there were
the carefully-prepared caskets.
each with its body. and all In an
advanced stage Of decomposition.
so that the superficial exannin.
alton did not disclose whether
they were human. In the upper
rooms, nine bodies were dis.
covered.
Nor could more than a super.
ficial examination be made at
that time, for at the first sound
of the invasion, a pack Of dogs
dashed. Velping and baying down
the stairs to bound at the fire
men. to worry their heels, to
snarl and crouch until the fire.
men were half-crazed by their
presence and the presence Of the
bodies in the gruesame little
caskets.
TRASH AND TREASURE.
The firemen invaded the kitchen.
and each Of the four corners
there contained another box.
But these were filled with scraps
Of bread and meat, with emptied
sardine tins. and in one corner
amid a mass Of refuse was found
stacks Of stocks and bonds evi.
IDENTIFY Of considerable value!
With the pack of dogs yelping
protestingly around them. with
Margaret Mellen and her fifty
year.old sister, Jane. shriIly de-
nouncing the iptruders, the fire.
men broke thrtugh to the cellar,
whence seemed to come the raw
fumes. They found the place
strewn with phosphorous, evil
IDENTIFY tracked after being spilled
from a bucket Of the chemical
in the middle of the floor.
This was removed and the work
Of exploration resumed, with the
police assisting. Medical men were
called in. The little caskets were
emptied and their contents an.
alyzed. Every body was the body
Of a dog! A white Spitz, blind
and whining pitiably, was found
on couch. covered with a sheet.
The attic was deeply straw
strewn, and apparently had been
used for a canine exercising
grounds. a..
The three human occupants,
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

In short, the average citizen 10
he or she whose opportunity for
employment depends upon the
workings OF the general scheme Of
civilization. As everyone knows
the average citizen gets along well
when his community 10 prosperous.
Vixen industry Is going forward.
when commerce is moving, we
have life and activity for the en-.
tire country. Everybody. Is en-
ployed, and. with the fruits of his
labor, he is able to maintain his
family in comfort, to send his chill.
dren to school and to indulge in
happy recreation. a'
That is the normal condition.
When industry and commerce stag.
nate 1t is a sign something is
wrong. We have passed through a
bad period as a result of the war.
but now activity Is reviying.ra
with the reawaiSening of. indus.
try abroad an interchange of com.
modities among the countries will
begin again. The question now is
whether America will be fafsighted
enough to make ready against this
revival. Among the. essential bits
of preparation for taking care Of
ourselves in world commerce Is
merchant marine: 80 EE1
MUST SEEK MARKETS. IS
We can make our goods and take
them to the waters edge, but un.
less we can transport them across
the seas they viii not be bought.
Our markets will not come to us.
We must go to our markets, ,.'A
Men. and women who live in
growing towns, know what it. is
to work for civic development.
They know that by extending their
lighting and paving systems I'm
advance Of their building they en-.
courage building. Wise citizen.
ship always makes reach for new
business before the business
arrives. The town with pro.
gressive men and women for citi.
zens always outstrips the town
with conservative citizens who
sit about and wait for things to
happen, 80. ..-,,
Thus the average, citizen may
know that money spent op aid to
American shipping will come
back to him. Let's trim the wicks
of our lamps and ftii the. lamps
with oil. We win then be ready
for the business that is sure to
come. We must make 1t as easy
as possible for the other fellow
to buy our goods. With an Ameri.
can merchant marine we will be
able not only to carry our own
goods, but to carry the goods Of
others. Much money that viii go
into the hands Of the average
citizens of other countries II We
have no merchant marine. vail
flow into the hands or our own
average citizens II we do have q
merchant marine.
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OF the younger setJ

1t was a mansion then, as man.
sions went in this town. 1t is not
q mansion now, for the manor has
been cut into by building efcroach.
rnents. the family fortune has mys.
teriously, disappeared and the three
children, now between forty and
ifty wears old, have for more than
y decade permitted the place 10
ran ragged with weeds and vines
and the mansion itself has been
'dwarfed by the appearance Of
stately modern residences.
In the public mind, the Mellen
mansion has been haunted for sew.
eral years. Queer lights have been
seen in strange places long after
the occupants were believed to
Rave been asleep. Strange noises
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clothing Of a style conservatively
popular between ten and fifteen
years ago. AS she left police
headquarters she encountered a
group OF newspaper photogra-
pliers and hurried past them, her
face hidden in her hands.
Before she left the hospital, the
police turned over to her the bond
and stock certificates found 10 her
kitchen. A conservative estimate
of their value was $4,000. :.
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''They would not have had the
dogs in the house had 1t not been
for me. 1t was my own whim and
again I want to say that I take
all the blame for the trouble.
81 couldn't sleep all night for
sorrow and worry. 1t seems as
though I would never sleep again.
i don't, know what we will do in
the future. but Iiknow that I can
never remain in Milwaukee"
Miss Mellen was dressed In dark
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and operate q navy It should be
able to maintain and operate a
merchant marine. But they forget
that the navy Ii purely a military
organization, maintained for the,
sake of protection. a sort Of an In
surance of our national safety.
We do not expect It to be self-sup-
porting.
The postal system is another ex.
ample cited by the advocates Of
Government operation. But the
postal system is a monopoly. No.
body is allowed to compete with It.
A merchant marine, on the other,
hand, meets the strongest kind OF
competition. T.
To meet this competition the
operators OF ships must be al.
lowed flexibility Of action. They
must be able to decide promptly
and put through big trading and
shipping deals on the moment.
q They must conclude important
transactions almost on the spur Of
the moment. A private concern
can do this while the Government
is talking about 1t; can meet a
. dozen and one contingencies that
arise in the shipping business
every day.
Then there Is the basic matter
Of individual rewards. What
man earns in private enterprise
is his. 1t makes no personal diff.
ference to. the Government en-.
ploye, whether the Government
makes money or not. He re.
ceives> no bonus for extra thought
and energy. no loss for the lack
Of it. Private concerns pay big.
ger salaries. Everybody involved
Is better off. In private business
every man has an opportunity to
build for himself. In the Gov.
ernment he has no such oppor.
tunity.
In many Government depart
ments It is considered somewhat
Of an honor to hold office. 20 be
connected with the Shipping
Board 10 looked upon, according
to views that have been expressed
in both branches Of Congress. a.
a sort of semi-disgrace. There are
few corporations doing Q fraction
Of the business Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation that do not
have more high.salaried men than
1t has. Again, Congress is apt,
at any time, to reduce salaries.
WORK UNDER HANDICAP.
A private company can give
commissions and furnish incen.
tives for cooperation on the part
of other agencies which IL not
permissible in Government oper.
alton. Add to these features
politics and red tape. and It is
easier to see the handicaps under
which Government-operated ships
labor.
Why should We pay taxes to
shipowners7
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How win the American farmer
be benefited?
In setting forth the interests
of the farmer In an American
merchant marine what Is said ap-
plies as well to the American
manufacturer or to any Ameri-
can producer OF salable commod.
tiles. The farmer and the man
ufacturer are the principal ship
pers and they. above all others.
are going to be helped or hurt in
the forthcoming competition in
world markets for the sale OF sur
plus American products. America
produces more than she can use.
When we reach the point of satu.
ration in our home markets we
must either sell our surplus
abroad or cut down our produc.
tion. ~
Canada and the Argentine are
competitors with the American
farmer for the world grain mar.
kets. As it stands now the price
Of grain is fixed at liverpool. As
competition grows keener 1t Is
natural to expect that with British
ships doing most Of the carrying
Canadian grain shipments are not
going to get any the worst OF 1t.
II Canada grows grain and British
ships haul It to Liverpool. the
American grain producer is going
to be at the mercy Of this combI-
nation.
With American ships to carry
our grain we control our own
grain and our means Of laying it
down In foreign markets and the
chances are that we will have
better opportunity to say some
thing about the price we win re.
ceive for our surplus grain.
LIKE DELIVERY SYSTEM. =
The American manufacturer
should understand that the posses
sion by America of her own mer-
chant marine is like the posses
sion by. big department store Of
its own delivery, system, Europe
will soon start manufacturing
goods to bring back her destroyed
wealth and she win seek to sell
those goods In markets where we
have to sell ours. Unless we have
our own ships. subject to our own
control, to lay our goods down in
those markets, Europe will rapidly
gain control Of the markets and
our surplus products win remain
unsold.
And finally, how about the aver
age American citizen? I can an
swer that question better than any.
because am the average citizen
myself. But, who. is the, average
citizen. To my mind, the average
citizen is the small merchant, the
the professional man,
the newsboy. the stenographer. and
the taxicsb driver. the unskilled la.
borer. the clerk. the bookkeeper,
the school teacher.
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ERT D. LASKER SHOWS THE NECESSITY FOR AN AMERICANA
MARINE CAPABLE OF COMPETING WITH ALL FOREIGN NATION

operator In but one of the entire
shipping industry which we are
aiming to keep alive by the pass
r age Of the ship subsidy bill. This
brings US to the question:
LABOR WILL BENEFIT.
How will American labor benefit
by the ship subsidy bill?
Before the world war what few
American shipyards we had were
kept going by the building and re-
pair work they did for the United
States navy. But at Washington
conference on the limitation of
, armament we took the lead in de-
ciaring a naval holiday. We will
do little navy building for the next
ten years.
The first thing the British said
after they had heard Secretary
Hughes historical proposal was
that a naval holiday meant blow
at their shipyards and the cutting
out of work Of thousands of men.
II ship yard workers lose their jobs
they will turn to other fields, many
OF which are already overcrowded.
and enter into competition with
their fellow skilled mechanics. The
shipyards will 60 out of business
and when we need shipbuilders we
will have none. BY q small tax,
perhaps not more than rs cents per
capita-we develop our merchant
marine, maintain our shipyards,
build up foreign trade, protect our
selves against naval impotence and
give employment to thousands Of
skilled workers. -.
II we 60 the limit with the pro-
posed subsidyht is estimated that
500. 100000 will eventually be
spent in new ship construction--in
the building Of modern, up.to-date
craft. OF this sum one-half will be.
spent on labor on the ships and
one-half on materials. OF the ..
5000. o.oo0,o 900 spent on materials that
60 into ships. about 50 per cent.
or $50. 100000 win 60 into the
wages Of the men who work in the
factories that turn out these ma.
terials. - e..
Thus the s2oo. 900 900 paid out di.
rectiy to shipyard men. plus $780,
100000 for the labor that goes into
the manufacture of materials, will
put . total Of $3.50, 900 900 out Of a
maximum expenditure Of $500, ,000.-
900 directly into the hands CT
American labor.
WOULD BAR ASIATICS.
This does not include the men
employed in operating ships. With
an American merchant marine
going at full blast about SIS. s.o0O,-
900 a year would be paid to Ameri.
can officers and American mem.
bers Of ships crews. The ship
subsidy bill provides that two
fifths Of the crews and all the off.
GERS shall be American citizens.
The employment Of Asiatics 10 pro-
hfbited.
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them. Call II sentiment. Each
animal loved as though it were a
child. Each one had a name: each
one was an individual to me, and
loved each and every one Of
them.
~ admit that shouldn't have
kept my dead pets in the house,
but some one told me once that
it was against the law to bury
them, and that I must have their
little bodies burned in a furnace.
"oh. just couldn't bear the
thought Of that. kept putting
them in one room, and ] knew
they were safe there, and I in
tended. to bury them all in one
grave in some pretty wooded spot
later on when. we moved.
I'VE, my sister, brother and /,
had planned to move into a small.
er house. and we had already be-
gun to pack and get things ready
when we were disturbed by the fire.
men. That is why the house was
in such an upset condition when
this thing occurred.
But we had kept putting it off
and putting 1t off. You see, my
sister is growing old and she was
so attached to this home that she
objected strenuously to our NOV.
ing.
she admitted that the care OF
such a big house was too much
for us. she knew We would have
to move eventually, but to please
her we kept delaying from day 10
day.
TAKES ALL BLAME.
1T was wrong to keep my dead
pets in the house, but to me they
meant almost as much as a human
being means to most people.
II centered all my love on them
the love that most women center
on their children-for there are no
little folks in our family. to love.
People are saying that I am
crazy. Let them say II. My
friends know me and understand
how I love my pets. even to the
point where I hated to part with
their dead bodies.
mo one will ever know how
terrible I feel about this whole
affair. 1t Is my fault entirely and
not that Of my sister or brother.
They love animals too. but moth.
ing like I do.
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the N. Y. American.

From . Special Correspondent o he \. Y. American
MILWAUKEE, Sept. g.
HE Mansion Of Mystery gave up CHASTITY secret this
i week and the revelations that came from the old
building feared and dreaded for years. proved more
shocking than the widest Imagination conured up among
the spectral shadows of the eere abode.
Time was, and within the memory of many men, the old
Meen house social of weathest and most
respected of Milwaukee families Spacious grounds sur
rounded it, with great shade trees formal gardens and high
hedges John Meen, the owner president of the then
great Mellen Foundry Company and his three children
Margare Charles and Jane) among the popular
of the younger setJ
The Washington times., 1922-09-10
AVERAGE CITIZEN
WOULD GAIN MUCH
BY SHIP SUBSIDY

Chairman of the U. S. Shipping Board Points
Out i'm This, the Last of a Series of Articles
by Members of the Board, That America
Must BE FarSighted Enough to Make Rsady
Against Revival of Trade and Industry
Abroad, Which is Sure to Come.
IYS is the last of the of seven articles by Conn.,
mtssioners OF the United States Shipping Board ON
the necessity for an American merchant marine
~ t chairman Albert d. Ldsker briefly the
rtous points covered at greater $engh ba other members
of the board. ..'~/
BY ALBERT d. LASKER =
Chairman United States Shipping Board.
The Washington times., 1922-09-10
SPECTRAL LIGHTS
. AND WILD CRIES AT
NIGHT STIRRED CITY

Fearful Fumes Led Fire Department to Invade
''Haunted House" i'm Milwaukee, Where
Rows of Tiny Caskets Were Revealed Con-
tanning Canine Bodies-Experts Claim
Woman'S Mother Love Was MiSdirected and
Lavished Upon Dogs.
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n ECENTLY a layman who
TX knew nothing Of the ship.
~ ping problem, but who had
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01
TEX RICHARD SAYS
SKIS FIRST GO
IN Us. NO SET UP.
Promoter Claims Senegalese
Battler Has Agreed to
All Terms.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-Upon an
nOuncement Friday by Tex Richard
promoter. that he definitely had ar
ranged 10 import Battling Ski
Senegalese conqueror OF George
Carpenter. for a bout Thanksgiv-
ing day. followers OF fighting began
specializing who will be the first
American to meet the negro.
Richard declined TO say what
American boxer he has in prospect
but he did assert that Skis first
opponent will not be n set up"
There are three or four high
case men in the ligh. heavyweight
class and I will select one Of these
after the foreigner arrives here"
he declared
The reigning king % the Ameri =
can light heavies IS Harry Greb.
Pittsburg. Harry has oeen reported
as anxious to meet Jack Dempsey.
worlds heavyweight champion. but
tha. IL as far as his ambition has
carried him. Greb took the American
title from Gene Tunney. idol Of
Greenwich Village, in a Is round
bout at Madison Square Garden.
Tunney has been trying since TO get
back into the ring with the Pittsbur-
ger and - bill ed for a return go
some time this winter
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01
MOTORCYCLE RACES
SCHEDULED TO BE
HELD HERE TODAY
Stars Included in Entries
Flexible Sidecar Events
Feature of Meet.

What is expected 10 be the best
program of motorcycle racing Of the
year viii take place this afternoon
at Springbrook park when the stars
of the motorcycle race game will
compete in the last events OF the
kind this year.
A feature Of the program today
will be the races between the hex-
ible, leaning sidecars This will be
the first time this season these cars
have races on the local track.
Most of the star riders will be en-
tered in the races today including
Don Marks, Otto Neukam. Paul An
derson. Maldwyn Jones, Johnny Sey-
more and a number of others. The
card includes seven races. two Of
which will be the flexible sidecar
races and one a motorwheel race.
The sidecar entries are all expe-
rienced riders in the game, one of
which. John Zetzler. is National
champion. The others entered are
c. l. Squibb Of Detroit, Ray Odds
and Paul Anderson of Chicago.
The sidecar events are doped to
be thrillers. The cars are built in
such a way as to be attached 10
the motorcycle on hinges and the
car remains upright when the ma
chine hits the curves on the track
and leans. The races are dangerous
as the flexibility Of the attachment
allows the riders 10 make the curves
at tremendous rate OF speed
The events scheduled for today
are. one mile time trials. five mile
professional open, three mile profess
sional open. five mile mOtorwheeL
three mile professional sidecar. ten
mile professional sweepstake and
five mile open sidecar. The track
is in better shape than it has ever
been for racing and it is expected
some fast time viii be clicked off in
the oypufg
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01
Abe Mitchell and
Leo DiegeL lie d
In Golf Tourney
Southern ) tar Makes Great
Comeback at Southern Open
French, Barnes Next.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. SEPT. go
/ (By A. P)-Seventy-two holes OF
| record breaking playing by Ga Of
America premier golfers over the
Belle Meade country club here to-
| day left the title Of open champion
of the south hanging in the balance.
with Leo Diegel of New Orleans and
Abe Mitchell of England standing
at the top in a tie for first honors
each with a score of 2SO, four
strokes under par.
Starting out with a "a for his
first qualifying round Of IS holes
I Thursday, Diegel found himself far
down the list. RE set out yesterday.
however, with I determination that
carried him through the qualifying
Sc holes with flying colors when he
covered the course in 6S. three
strokes under par. Encouraged By
MS improved game he came back to-
day and gathered i'm two more re-
cord smashing rounds of 50 strokes
each.
Abe Mitchell. who had made a
good getaway with 6S-69-137 which
put him one stroke ahead OF the
held. also went into the final strug-
gle with a good start. turning in an
other 60 The Briton weakened on
the final round though and dupIi-
Gated DiegeTs opening round of "a.
much OF his trouble coming from
his putter
French Spectacular
Playing with Mitchell was En-
NETT French. who. despite his card
Of IS in the last round today. played
one of the most spectacular games
Of the tournament Starting this
round two strokes behind Mitchell
the Ono state champion halved the
first three holes in par and caught
The Englishman by shooting brides
ON eleven and twelve. But the long
18Th which has been one Of French's
) .orites. proved his undoing when
BE blew q chance 10 increase his
,ead over Mitchell
Unlike Mitchell and French. Die
gel played 10 little or no gallery.
Fob Cruikshank. whose Sc in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01
n. D. FROSH LOSE
GRID BATTLE TO
ALBION COLLEGE
First Year Men Walloped by
81 to 0 Score-Fumbles
Figure in Defeat.

ALBION. Mich, Sept. 3O.-Albion
college outpOinted NOtre Dame
freshmen at all stages of the game
this afternoon and defeated the Wis
itors by a 81 to count The South
Bend team showed a lack Of training
and experience and the Albion
team had little difficulty in gaining
consistently during the first half
when the varsity team was in the
field.
With the score q 10 0 az the end
OF the first half-Coach Miller be-
gan 10 feed in the substitutes and
the Notre Dame defense worked
more effectively. Notre Dame FUN
bles figured in the first two touch
downs and the third came on Tam
blyin's brilliant run of So yards. aft
or he was once stopped. through
Z whole visiting team.
The fourth count was made pos
sible by a beautiful pass. Allen TO
Bedient, the ball was then sent over
on straight line plunging, the Al
bion backs meeting little resist
ance.
Notre Dame weakened in the final
period and the Methodists worked
the ball straight down the field for
the final marker. The lineup:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01
Saints s ct For
Baltimore OrioLe
Minor Title Play
American Association Champs
to Meet International
League Champions.

ST. PAUL. MINI. Sept 30-CBy
A, P)-St, Paul, winner Of the
American Association championship.
will so into he post-season series
against Baltimore, champions Of the
International league, with a better
balanced team than two years ago.
The series viii open at Baltimore
next Wednesday. and Manager Nike
Kelley expects that each member
OF his pitching staff Will be ready 10
start. Kelley has six pitchers all
Of whom have shown well through
out the season, with the possible ex-
ception Of Howard Merritt left
handler, who has not been able 10
Pull out many wins his year.