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mors have been circulated abont, Ethe


mors have been circulated about the
eonqueror Of Gunboat Smith and Bonn.
barber Wells than about any an other
individual lin Europe, Several times
he has been reported killed or seri.
ously or fatally wounded but these rus
mors have always been speedily fol:
lowed by others. Dame Rumor5 has
pictured the hand some French lad in
the uniform Of q general ,gading q
regiment or a division into action, and,
Islangh tering Germans by the thou.
sands. We are also told that the.
French are so fearful that something
might happen to their hero that they
keep him in a bomb.proof palace far
from the scene of battle. with a guard
Of soldiers TO protect him from harm.
Whatever the truth may be, ali box
Ing fans will hope that Georges wit;
escape unscathed and able to continue
the practice Of that profession b.
which he has so far been SO success
FIJI.
Carpenter Is perhaps the iiandsom.
est lad In the history Of professional
pugilism, and Ii Is small wonder that
the smart women Of France have
made him Their hero. When Il comes.
TO looks q Greek god hass't anything
ON Georges Carpenter came Of a
poor family, and IN his boyhood was.
o pit boy In q coal mine. He was only
10 years old when he entered the pro-.
ifessional ring. Since then he has es.
tablished d unique record by fighting
in every division Of the prize ring.
He was by turn a bantam, q feather.
Ia lightweight, a welter. middle
weight and heavyweight. he held the
European title. When he fought Wells
and Smith he was the youngest fight.
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IeF who ever took par, for bout for
a worlds Championship.

As pit boy Carpenter dragged
down the tremendous salary OF fifty
confines. or ten q day. In 1908 ho
made s1s4 as a boxer. In 1910 he
COPIED on $3.50. and in 1911 his ring
earnings were $500. His income
In 1912 was $4,000, and in 1918 he
earned $4,000 During the frat SIX
months Of last year he grabbed
enough Of the needful TO bring hIs
total ring earnings up to $1,000
Owing to his popularity. Carpenter
was enabled to postpone his military
service Of three vars. and when the
war broke out he had had no army
training According to the most au-
!thentic Of the reports. he was given
q Job driving military automobiles.
II Is stated ON apparently good au.
thority that Carpenter invested the
larger part Of his ring winnings in his
native Province, and that much Of his
property has been destroyed by the
German army. s..
II Carpenter gets through the war
without injury. he win stand mighty
good chance to become the undisputed
heavyweight champion. He Is still,
gaining in weight and with his height
Of SIX feet and one inch, he ought to
weigh between IT'S and 200 pounds
when he Is fully developed. He Is
keeniy Intelligent, quick as a tlash.
and an accomplished ring general.
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WESLEYAN
IGA||M|I|||E||:0NT|'URK.E|YDAY |.
Annual Foot Ball Struggle.
WILDE Played in This
City.

Fairmont will get the biggest sport
ing event of the year SO far as this
state is concerned, when next Thanks.
giving Day West Virginia University
and Wesleyan College will battle at
South Side Park for the football
championship Of the state. The Uni
yersity announced her schedule last
night and the big game here is the
feature. fei II
The Varsity will play ten games. all
hard ones. Three homes games arc
scheduled. w. q j.. Geneva and Beth.
any. The other seven are all away
from home. lr :
The Varsity turned down offers for
games from such schools as Cornell,
Pennsylvania State, Dennison, Dick.
son and many others, there being at
least thirty schools after dates with
the big state team. The Completed
schedule is as follows:
Sept. Is, University OF Pennsyl.-
yania, at Pittsburg. z.
Oct. 2. W. g j.. at Morgantown.
4 Oct. 9. Carnegie Tech at pittsburg.
Oct. is, Geneva College at Morgan:
town.
Oct. %, Washington and Lee at
Charleston, &
Oct. 80, Bethany at Morgantown.
Nov. 6, Marshall College at Hunt.
ington. ~
Nov: 1s, ". P. I. at Morgantown.
Nov. 20, Marietta sati Parkersburg.
i Nov. 2s, West Virginia Wesleyan
at Fairmont tThanksgiying)
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MUST SELECT new
..N|l|.A||M|Il..E|::.Fi0|RfT.H|: 1:
Present Appellationis a Mis-
homer Since 9Lajoie Has
Gone. Y.

Z CLEVELAND. Jan. IA new
name must be selected for the Cleve-
land American league baseball club
now, as with the going Of Nap La
joie, the name Of Maps is a misnomer.
This fact was one Of the first things
that Charley somers thought Of after
disposing of his star player to Phila.
delphia, and he has announced that
he intends calling a. conference Of
the baseball writer's OF Cleveland 70
select a new name for the team, a
nam that will be short, expressive
and appropriate. N (.
Connie Mack expects to have Larry
bat fourth or fifth for the Athletics.
During a tanning bee Connie doped
out the following batting order: Muir
ply, r. e: Barry, s. s.: oldring, /. Il:
Baker. 3d.; Laoie, 2b.; Mc1nnis, Id:
Strunk, c. IL Ji
When dividing his squad OF Ath.
letics on the exhibition trip this year
Mack intends to depart from his usual
system Heretofore he has sent the
old pitchers with his recruit infield.
ers and outtielders, while his regular
veteran lineup was accompanied BY
the recruit pitchers. This year he
will mix his players al laround. For
instance, the squad that has Baker
and McInnis as members will lnoit
have Latoie and Barry. The latter,
pair will stick together, as Mack
wants them to. get used to each,
other. ~ & h, Tf-1l
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IBask Ball Games,
0fEFair High
The following is the schedule for. the
Fairmont High School Basket Ball,

The following is the schedule for. Oh,
FairmontE High School Basket Bal
Team for this season: Z :,
H - ~ AZ Home. z
January 10, Grafton
January %, Terra Alta. i.
January 90, clarksburg.
February L, Fairyiew.
February II, - 800.
March 5. Elkins.
March 12,s sistersyille.
Abroad. & &
January 80. w. v. u. Reserves.
I February q,
February Is. Grafton. NJ
February 10. Keyser.
February 20, Martinsburg.
February422 Washington, ID. %.
February, 26. Elkins.
February 81. =
March 20. Wesleyan tour.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-13
PERSONALS.


state School superintendent Avian
n. White Of Santa Fe was in the city.
today on his way Co the capital from
"A trip to Otero county and III Paso.
lie inspected the schools Of otero
county and went 70 III Paso 20 see his
wife and child. The latter has been
seriously ill but Is recovering.
Miss Virginia Carr won the tour
nament at the Country club. Mrs.
". .. Chadhournc was second.
Martin pachcoo and Juanita CHI
limo. both OF islcta, took out a mar
riage license at the office OF County
clerk \. n. walker today.
stationmastcr Ed Sinclair headed q
roundup OF hoboes and stowaways on
a horse ear that game mp from III
Pnso this morning. He goteight rid
ers who hadn't paid transportation.
Six Of them were able 90 produce
fares from M laao TO kansas tttN,
I and the other two were locked up n.
vHgrants.
Fred g. Smith. said TO be the great
est speaker to men Ia the world. VII
speak az The university tomorrow
morning Instead OF Thursday morn.
tx. His subject will be 'Ameriea .
Greatest SIM, The address VIII Do
at 20 o'clock. The public IL %rordiail,
invited.
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Smyrnd Important City
for More Than 5000 Years

washington d. G., Aprn ia.-De-
|scrlhing the Turkish city ef smyrna.
which has becn bearing the brunt OF
an alleged attack IN the near east. to-
days statement OF the National Ge-
Iographlc society says.
Smyrna has occupied its place
upon the map FOR more than 9.oeo
and through an this time II
has retained lee ancient name ita
naked character ~ east ana west. and
ia significance In the world OF trade.
From the first. a has been o rich
produce exchange, a great caravan
'sary, and an important harbor. re-
|ceivlng merchant fleets under every
flag. Known 20 the oiden Greeks as
the First city of Asia, u survives. IN
tho present. he greatest city In Asia
Minor. and the second port Of an OK
~tensive empire.
while Epheaue. Miietus. snrdls,
Magnesla. Pergnmus and tlalicarnna-
sus have faded away. Smyrna has
continued It's story OF untlring cen
turtles. II has risen superior 20 every
stress. remaining today what Il wnl
yesterday. ~ lasting Us Mount ragus
a, its back. The rise. splendor and
decay % great empires have formed
hut momentury episodes In this clty's
life. whose history stretches from the
eleventh century before the birth OF
Christ down 90 the present day. II.
most truly. deserves the title OF Etcr-
nal city; for e. like the phoenix ~
mythology. has ever renewed Ia
nerveleas age by a more magnificent
youth.
Smyrna was founded by Acelian
Greeks upon the natural outlet % az
Important trade Route. II grew rap.
ids into wealth and power, md early
took the lead among the cities OF Asia
Minor. Ioninn creeks conquered the
city In the seventh century u. c., and
under these masters Il played a lead
ing role In the ioncHn league. Jeai-
Gus Of its tremendous riches, the
Lydians captured and conscientiously
destroyed smyrna IN $40 n. g.. Their
c~ndeavorH were SO thorough that
there remained but n village until
after Tho Macedonian conquest. Al
cznnder the Great caused he cts
Id be rebuilt. and u was laid a with
cxtravagant magnificence. Amonl
the many beautiful buildings OF this
ncw city was the Homereum, where
the poet Homer was worshipped az .
hero. The Scleucidac declared ths
city sacred and inviolablo.
"In the days OF Roman conquest
Smyrna was the great world center
OF art and learning, somewhat the
Paris OF that early age. The Ro'
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TODAY'S GAMES
RnnaIo. s.. InrookIyn. 4

u, II. u.
nunnlo ......i0O goo 20O-5 10
Brooklyn o Upo 600 y ,
Batteries. schultz M Allen; Blue
Incket, eSaton ana Land
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LTHOUoH only those directly
n acquainted with thc irrigation
= bond market are familiar
with the fact. she failure Of the
0reeiey-Poodr IRRIGATION project. IN
c~cicFaeo, IN connection with which
the managers Of Farson. Son a Com
pany Of Chicago. and certain Denver
promoters were indicted yesterday FOR
fraudulent use Of the mails, a an
Important and more or leas disastrous
bearing upon the development Of
private irrigation projects In New
Mexico.
Farson, Son & Company was one
OF several big firms having headquar-
tiers IN Chicago and New York which
specialized ln irrigation project Sc
.curities. Al the time when this and
other firms were in the fun Hood Of
prosperity and dollars rolled into
their treasures faster than water
flowed into their reservoirs. careful
men looked on and shook their heads
IN forecasts Of disaster.
The disaster came. The Greeley
Poudre In Colorado was but one of a
dozen huge projects undertaken with
out careful financing. with little en-
~sineerine care n with no assurance
'of adequate water supply. They
failed and the crash. which was suf-
hciently awful 10 drive most of the
bond firms OUT OF business. and some
OF them to the woods- carried with Il
the whole structure % irrigation
project finance in the west.
The Farson case Is n of the last
in the general cleanup which has
been made by the government and
state authorities OF fraudulent. un'
sound or uncertain irrigation pro
iects. The cleaning process has beer
careful and thorough. Al the sam'
time the public. particularly the bond
buying public. has been educated n
irrigation project finance. II canno
be fooled again with worthless secur.
tiles. When irrigation construction
In private hands and with prIvat'
capital starts again; as n soon will
start; the progress may not be quite
% fast. nor 40 sensational. but Il vii
be steady and result producing. u
this second phase OF Irrigation deyel
opment ia the west New Mexico vii
receive her greatest portion Of bene
nt. The time Is now near at hand 20
the new development period to set IN
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rnE RAlLRoAD CRISIS.

wv J BLACK, general passen-
M ger agent Of the santa
We Re. u not given to much
newspaper conversation; nor Is he a
pesrlmlst. and when Mr., Black Joins
the chorus Of those who point with
alarm to the situation OF the rail-
roads one Is inclined 20 listen with.
Ercat care.
In a recent statement before the
Kansas utilities commission. Mr..
Black ls qoutea as folloWa.
THAT the railroads OF the United
States are today facing the srayest
crisis In their history IL o fact recog-
nizcd BY all men who study closely
the trend Of economic events. For a
number Of years the railroads have
been struggling against an ever IN
ereasing cost 81 operation aud taxes
ON one hama and reduced rates on
the other. A. a result the roads have
been forced 20 retFench TO the point
where Il has Effected an lines Of in
dustry. The situation spells disaster
unless there Dc a change for the bet
Mr. Black said that the railroads
had put forth an honest effort "a
make the Kansas lntras,ate passenger
business earn its proper proportion
Iof nxed charges, taxes and a return
on the Investment, BY cutting out ex-
Icurslon rates n other voluntary re-
auctions. and a siric, Observance Of
the ahti-pasa law. hut without sue
cess.
'Dld the anti-paas laws help 81
harm the raiiroads7" interrogated r.
a. Helm. attorney for the commits
sion. who conducted the examination
The anti-pasn laws" said M
Black. had little effect one way o.
anoiheg. oniy about 2 per cent Of
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ARRANGEMENTSF
NELSON FUNERAL
PROCEEDING
A Business Failure Until Forty
Kansas City Man Made Mon
umental Success as Newspa-
per Publisher.

Kansas city. Mo, April i3.-Fu-
neral ararngemcntsi Tor william
liockhm Nelson, editor at the star,
who died this morning. were being
completed by the family to-day. MI.
Nelson had been unconscious since
Thursday last. Death was due %
uraemic poisoning.
william Rockhiil Nelson was
founder. owner and editor 81 The
Kansas city star. Although he ala
not enter the newspaper business un-
al he was nearly forty years old, he
became one OF the most euccessfui
and prominent newspaper publishers
lin the country. Before he tried jour
nalism he mad made and lost n for
tune as "a bridge contractor and had
tried his hand with little success at
cotton planting In Georgia.
lie was bridge building with head
quarters la Indiana In ISIS whcn
Samuel T.. Morss, city editor Of the
Fort Wayne sentinel. came To him
with an ambition - start a news
paper. Nelson had Just finished a
bridge In Iowa and the county court
was Ia meet and approve his bill the
next day He thought 90 turning the
money he received for the bridge
work into Morss's newspaper scheme,
but hat night a freshet washed
away the bridge aDd Nelson's work
was never paid for. III II this Incl
dent more han anything else which
plunged me into the newspaper busi-
ness" said Mr.. Nelson. He and
Murss bought tho Fort Wayne Sen
tinel, ran u a year and sold a. at a
sufficient profit % start n paper on a
bigger scale In Knnsms city In tho
fall Of 1850. ThA papUr, tho Evening
Star. quickly founs ~ place In the al
fairs 81 Kansas city, and all the mid'
die west. for 10 became stamped VIII
the thoughtful nnd vigorous person
atty Of its chief editor. The partner
Morss withdrew on account OF u
health after "a Few months. Colune
| NclFon-whosc title. conferred upoi
him by his lriends-was largely re
sponsible for developing kansai
Guys vast parks and other prosres.
siyo movemen 80 make kansaI
city "a good place 20 i've in
The quotation was "a slogan whici
he always had above his desk.
Although an ardent Democrat ~
10 the time Of Tildcn- Hayes contro
yersy Of 1850. Colonel Nelson ns
Journalist hcld himself an independ
ent IN politics when he was tnike'
OF as a -nRwbassador TO France, dur
Ing President Taft's administration
Colonel Nelson said oditorially am
charactcristicaily; ''The editor OF IN
star is4amply orcupied, sustained
satianeH with his present Job. II
regards himself rs hoiding a place o
greater responsibility ard usefulnes
than n within the gift Of the presl
dent or the electorate. Not only ha
he never been n candidate, active O
receptive. for u Office. but he neNe
has asked FOR the appointment q
anyone else"
Colonel Nelson's fortune was r.
Gently estimated az anywhere troI
81. 600 eco to 9~is,O0o,00o.
He was born at Fort Wayne, ina
March T. ls4i His father had bee
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thep we're raid 60 b. making % 80
carr Or sel,tse 81 ne aoapte,rd men
nipf& ffuitltss. ne onet hat w.
common REPORT that witnesses uefe
being ~ttfkoIl1sd.
rpld those conditions make him
70 90 What hs lhoethl % Dc
mis- datyg No. Instead thsy made
hlin the mors dotcraensd 10 do A.
The opsie bellstts he Nopia have
relieves the course ne Lolieted 20 be
right had he known he wousa have
been condemned by me entire stats.
ma Optic always has round him 70
nat hind q a man. az Or or The
.|heneh.
Judge Ieahy haa demonstrated b
many wayh but particularly BY his
actions az Alamonordo. that he - TOO
big a man cor = district Judge. whcfr
u 4 higher ofnce IN this state that ~
leoniA m fapabiy-thnt az governor
|lf he should be called upon 70 run
for Thai ONCE and ehosld conseut
ue 0puc believes Judge Issahy would
~ elected ~ a BIG majority and that
he would make an executive who
would dlseharre the duties OF mis- po-
Islilan Ia the most satisfactory man
'per.
All Of the above properly may be
said 10 be the nrss bis sun Ia the Re-
pnslican nomination campaign. We
win be waiting win strainins ears
.fur come safso noises 70 burst
.ln tho very nsar future.
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hnUQrEhQpE suffers a heavy
IA loss IN the unthmely ana
tragic dea'h 81 Frank Arkse.
FOR more than q quAftef q 4 ce''tats
he hah been a lreaer N me bushes
hfe ard cpmmnniis aeiifiv o. ih'a
ste. HIS tirs'e~s enerey n Hsano
oemmon sense 2 IN 'mpef'An1 -n'
~helfspNse influenee IN every paphe
Question ana upon every paeiic move
nlent with wh'eh thn cay hns mo
e deal - mayor q A~iouanes1ue
he addtd 70 p dsanits OK me oinee
ana 10 90 efficiency and enhahoen
me Fortunate reputation wh'sn TINS
cry has maintainea fer hlsh 'n'esFlsy
IN itn city government A. an active
ana 2 uireraor ~ t"e No"'
mereiai ciunl and IN every o'nsf
Hphere 81 eommen'iy ne ms
ssooa for proesess' Tor advancement
for ne spirit Of the forward Move
ment He was a builder o. inc very
best type; % those men VINO
ccmbinea hiEH op'''n'.m ana e"s
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rrIE I1nsr ANNouNcEMENr.

TT rs s~pringtime. when things be-
sin 90 sprout, and in this partic-
ular spring. although h cleo
tion and active campaign time still
are more than a year away, Il Is not
~ ~ surprising that candidates should
begin 20 appear. In a quiet way. as
a matter OF fact. candidates have
been sproutine since The very first
February thaw, when the worst OF
the chill legislative storms had blown
BY. But the first definite
ment OF a candidacy which w recall
having seen IL mat brought out BY
the Las Vegas Optic of Saturday last,
IN which Il proposes Judge David J..
Laahy as the Republican candidate
for governor.
The Optic does not indulge In edi-
iorial statements often. bat when Il
does. Il goes the entire route. and the
case In point n not an exception.
Moreover the Optic. according TO
general repute, ~ not only an ardent
admirer OF but a more OF less init.
mate associate ana friend OF M pop
vlsr district judge. and tina folIowias
therefore. may wen be taken as SEMI
official. The Optia says.
The Optic q convinced hat there
Is not a person she Is acquainted
with David j.. Leahy who was SUR
prised to learn that ne had dis
charged an entire grand jury at Ala
mssordo, with h exception OF the
FOREMAN. Immediately after that body
had failed to return an Indictment
against two men toward whom surpi-
zion strongly pointed a. having been
connected with the murder Of a
prominent ranchman.
Here was a situation hat required
GOODNESS. judgment, moral courage.
fudge Lsahy showed the posses
mon Of an these qualities This mas
have been Q surprise e some Of the
residents Of A~lamogordo, but not Ia
Las vesans. who know something Of
the nrmness and courage Of this irish
seteran Of The spanish American
war.
IA is declared that this Is the nrss
time In tho history OF New Mckee
ihas q Judge ever DISCHARGED a grand
jury. Judge Leahy. In taking THIS
action. knew he was creating his own
precedent. none Of his ~predeoessorr
having followed a similar course, He
knew that d was rumored that GER
tain influential citizens Of that Sec
iion of the country were involved In
a plot which ted 70 the death Of the
unforiunaie ranchman ana that they
might prove s=a@psoua hneuia Efforts
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identified with the upbuiiding OF the
state and his maternal grandfather,
William Rockhni. settled In Indiana
when that region was almost a will
derness in 1919. md was the first
farmer In America TO plant one thou
sand acres Of corn Colonel Nelson
was educated at Notre Dame uniVcr-
sity. He was "A hard worker an
through life and In the early dnys OF
the star he spent eighteen hc-rs "a
d1y "un tho job. a. he said he
did not have a private office. but IN
sisted on having his desk in "a room
where editors aud reporters sur
rounded him. lie had great faith Iu
young men and gave them many s!tu-
ations Of trust and responsibility
Colonel Nelson was. however. always
the active boss Believing that the
paper manufacturers were trying TO
get the better of him. he built DO
Kansas City a mil. OF his own for th"
manufacture of paper nj % time whom
only one other individual newspaper
In the world had attempted such ana
enterprise.
In 1895. after being abroad with IN
expert for two years collecting works
0f art. Colonel Nelson presented a.
Kansas city n collection of copies oi
the worlds greatest art treasures
done by masters. Colonel Nelson
himself was an art expert und for
years he conducted an educational
campaign 10 a|cQualnt his readers
with the masterpieces.