The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

twenty years of age After his arrival.
however the boy schooimaster. by "a
clever stroke OF diplomacy. won over
the hearts of the bclligorents He or
gani%cd "a school baseball team. and in
other ways made his Institution of
learning such an attractive place that
II was soon booming
For seven years Kelly thus shaped
the young idea, and at the end of that
period had saved enough To pay for q
tWo-year course at Muskinguni Col
ieee. When his funds ran out he next
TOOK position as general agent for a
FURNISHING company, there being under
ms direction seventy five college agcn-
cies in Ohio and Pennsylvania Then
mis- father died. and there dcvolVcd uDou
MN the care of n mother. sister and
Two young brothers. The better To
earn q livelihood for this considerable
!dnily. he came to Pittsburgh 10 work
m railroad office at $40 month.
I Later he became a bookkeepcr and a
short time afterward broke into Jour
nalism as Il reporter on the Daily News.
at Braddock Not long aftcrward he
founded weekly at the same place.
and then bought the News, which he
combined three years later with an
evening paper. also absorbed. Three
yeaIs ago he went TO the Legislature.
and soon aftcrward got out book,
Machine Made Legislation" now be-
ing studied in several universities. BE
fore his term in the Legislature had
ended he defeated Dalzell for the con
sFessional nomination.
Was Luncheon Wnitcr
Inc Wisconsin numbering village OF
Menekaunee. known far and wide i'm
lhose days as Il very wicked town be
cause IL boosted Of neer a church. vet
many murders and many saloons which
Kept going day and night would seem
!" nave offered opportunities and in =
nuences little calculated to unfit
|outh. yet it fostercd. during the first
twenty years OF his life. Francis O.
indouist, new member from the Elev
cnth Michigan District.
MY father and mother were Scandi-
haNlahs ana wero thrifty people" said
ne They gave me all the opportuni-
lies which the place afforded for school :
ihs' but In that almost lawless com u.
munity If a hoy decided to go 10 work
rather than school, he generally found
hlmself member OF n very large ma -
Joiity' inc memory OF that little town
- not pleasant one for il was fn
hanited by rough numbering PEOPLE and
""s continually tho scene of murders
ana other crimes. Ny mother was al
ways great help To me through this
1 time. and. In fact. all my life But bus
ihess MAS essentially my one idea, and
"hen Just kid I was busy buying
trading and selling. The youngsters Of
80, '''''' were generally busy fishing
ana trapping and helping around The
runner camps. Perhaps the most beau
uiui things we touched, though they
meant only pennies 10 us. were tho
ponn mics that grow nearby in album
nahce' These We gathered and sold In
the next town.
J h'cd this life until ] was eighteen.
when, with scarcely any MONEY,
staTted Out to explore the country. Al
il'tie town some distance away OBJ
tanned position an walter In I, lunch.
room but inter had worked there q
| couple or weeks the place closod down
ana J had to hustle again. ] journeycd
10 81 faui. ana, by chance. on the
"a. found that the boy sclocted wa.
10 GEL papers over the Wincousin Cen
'fal railroad. and j wan accepted. but
ny employer demanded Hecurity. I
WIZ my watch and chain hIy nrst
UP out "uD ruther unfortunate, for