The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-19
FIGHTING BOB AT GA, STARTING in
BUSINESS, KEEN AS BOY OF q

Starting IN business al ~ years
OF age IL what Fighting bob
Evans Is doing. IA plain u. =
Evans. Of Washington. - G.. he
registered AZ the Washington hotel
yesterday on bis way East from his
OIL wells Ia California.
Fighting Hob" has been I'm
business" cue week. and he says
he likes 1.-The likes W.. but not 80
well as the business be followed for
So years, serving bits country ~ sea
holt upright Ia hlN chair. with
only cane 10 testify 20 the cruelty
90 confederate bullets and rhsuma
,ism. the fighting idol OF the Amer
lean people had no look NJ three
score and four yeara. And he didn't
talk Ia terms Of man on the De
Ginning slope of ilfc lie miEht
have been 81 Just starting out in
business for himself. AZ be really Is
won't Rust Out.
I'm goiuF 10 wear out | simply
won't rust ont. and that's ali there
" % Il. said the admiral this
morning Eve been IN business
week aud Ike " not ~ sell a.
the service. bat man has 20 do
something
II find that my naval traiuinE Is
not entirely amtsa Ia business ca
resr I'm la the OF business nnw
oh - 3 fuel. and during my time IN
the navy ! nadr some study of
fuels find that know az much
A. most and more than many who
have been in The oil and fuel buat
ness many years"
He smoked short bit Of a cigar
wtth evident relish. and spoke with
the snap and vim Of youth Ills
secretaries Hurried around Ia evil
dent worry that he Was tirlug him
sclf unduly. but the man who had
the yorktown AZ Valparaiso and
the i0wn At Santiago. IA evidently
bent on going fun steam ahead
without any thought OF aecretarial
warnings.
On Naval Militia.
Commander Miller Freeman. Of
the naval militia. was present to
get the admirais opinion on naval
reserves And be got a. straight
out from the shoulder Good thing.
best thing in the world for young
men. Keeps them out Of mischief.
and when the time for trouble
comes YOU can put them on battle
ship and they are ready 4 few
men who are ready are worth 10000
81 -. are. tftHH s.ssF HfsaHaaflg
How many men have YOU"
Miller Three hundred and fifty.
Fighting Bob Not half enough
not half enough. You ought to have
two battleahip crews here 200
meneRt the least but suppose It's
the same old story you can't get
the appropriations. I've been
against that all my life myself My
sun-inlaw Is nc the head Of the
naval militia You write him tell
him ! said 10 give you anything you
needed f'il zee him In about 10
days. and n no doesn't make good
~ see that he's fired.
Coast oefes.e Worthless.
Admiral Evans Is "A vigorous sup
porter of the Pacific naval plan
The Pacific coast Ia practically
dcfenseless. said he ANY first.
class power could strip the Coast
10 ruins and got away before any
assistance could arrive. The forts
are all right within the range 81
their guns. but aside from that they
are worthless. We've got 90 have
enough ships 20 take the fight right
up 10 the other fellow We need at
least rs battleships on this Coast.
with the same number Of secondary
ships Then we viii be able TO take
care Of ourselves"
Next 20 naval matters the admiral
likes 10 talk oil lie Is the presi
dent OF $4,000 900 oil concern.
"Of course. I'm going 90 do my
self some good. but believe the de
yelopment Of oil for fuel purposes
De- the next biz commercial step. II
you had Oii-buruing engines on
your railroads you wouldn't have
burned mp all your forest this sum
mer"
Judge Thomas Burke and other
representative men called on the
admiral this morning.