The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-02-16

(Con.Inu-n rToE- rase One.) manager of The Associated Press, and when he resigned that office in 1919 he continued as secretary and counselor. First as pub fisher, he adopted high standards of workmanship and editorial prin- ciples. He founded the first pen ny newspaper in the West, the Chi cago Daily News, and as q result of his efforts the first fast mail train upon which second class privileges. were provided. was run.
 Schooling Sporc'H
 The childhood of Mn me was spent in various towns h which his father preached, and, as a Methodist minister at that time was not permitted to remain long CT than two years in one place, the boy's schooling was sporadic How eyer he assimilated much through an early acquired habit of reading all the books and periodicals made available to him. The fathers income as a minister was-sgsry small and in order 10 support his family he was compelled to look for added n Q m elsewhere. While Melville was still ill his teens the father undertook the manufacture of sawmill tools and took his son into the factory. When the latter was 20 years old he spent a month or two on the Chicago Republican, and then be- gan the publication Of the Sawyer and Mechanic. The paper did not last long, and his father bought him an ainterestain an iron foundry and machine shop in Chicago, to which city the family had remov- ed. The business prospered un- til the plant was destroyed ill the great fire. In 1869 Mir. 5tone marrlcd a Chicago young woman, Miss Mar tha J. Mcfarland, daughter e John Stuart Mcfarland. To them were born two sons, Melville F 1, Jr. and Herbert Stuart, and a daughter, Elizabeth c. ~ Pounds Chicago News
 In 1871 Mir Stone was asked to take charge of thee Chicago Re publican. and in the next few wears, in spite of ill health, he held important positions on sever al Chicago newspapers. On Janu- .ary 1, 1876, in partnership with two others, one of whom furnish ed capital of five thousand Gol- lars, he founded the Chicago Daily News as penny paper. It was success from the start. Later Mr. Stone bought out his two t.partners and formed new part nership with Victor r. Lawson; i In 1881 Mr. Stone and MT. Law son founded the Chicago Morning 1 News. In 1883 Mr. Stone was elected a director of the Western ] Associated Press. Two years later he discovered Ottmar Mergenthal- CT struggling to finance his inyen- {! tion. the linotype machine. MT. Stone organized syndicate which gave the inventor $300 900 for his patents. He later sold out his
 interest in this invention to MT. i Lawson
 l At the age of 40 years Mir. Stone
 also sold MT Lawson his inter i, est in their newspaper and retired from the publishing business. He
 was not in good health at the l; time but in retiring as a publish ST he was influenced largely by i the desire to have a wider eduea'
 tion. With his family he spent 1 two years abroad Upon his re i turn to Chicago he was made vice
 president and a year later presi dent of newly organized bank
 and many public honors were thrust upon him. He declined a nomination for the mayoralty ol 1 Chicago
 Back to Journalism
 ! Tn 1893 there came call back to journalism which meant more
 to MT. Stone than all these hon
 ors. The New York Associated
 Press. which had been organized
 among New York City papers ir