Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-02
samuel h. COLE
PLANS To GIRDLE
WORLD ON NICKEL
King of NewSboyS Blows Into
The Journal flee and Tells
of His Experiences As a
Globe TFott0r,

Samuel II. Cole, of somewhere, in
Pennsylvania, king of the News
boys" blew into the Journal office
last night. He was this far-and had
been farther-on his way around
the world on a nickel" He just came
in from Phoenix, Arizona.
king Cole" is a jolly soul, but he
is not old He looks strong as an OK,
and must be as strong as the average
soldier because he carries pack
strapped on his back, soldier fashion,
that must weigh forty pounds. The
largest item of weight in it is a
scrap book containing letters and
signature and testimonials from
nearly all the officials of about twenty
states over which he has travelled,
selling papers from town to town,
and then passing on afoot or on top
| of train. He confesses that riding
the bumpers with his pack would be
quite impossible.
! He doesn't ask for anything except
an opportunity to sell papers in the
town to which he comes and tarries
| for day, but he is proud of the fact
that II bummed dollar from the
treasury of the United States when
was in Washington few weeks ago.
| He got the dollar from the depart
mental chief clerk.
| King Cole has one great ambition
to write a book describing newsboy
| life as he has found it. He says there
Is no such book in existence, and
4 there should be one, and shall be one
| when he has made the tripAround the
world on nickel.
He was told to try his hand writing
a story of his travels in the United
States, and he went to a typewriter
and wrote about a thousand words,
) of which the following is q sample,
telling how he made his way and
with whom he met in the various
state capitols:
well, here | am at last in Albn-
s querque, after going from coast to
: coast on a five cent piece, after leav-
e ing Dayton, Ohio, February II, with
A a solitary nickel and letters from the
o city officials and the Dayton Journal
a and scrap book weighing forty
a pounds.
Leaving Dayton ! made short
!, Jump. going to Greenville, Ohio,
: where l was entertained by the Elks
q and given nice purse to start with
. From there to Columbus, the state
:, capitol, where | was received by Hon
J, Harvey C. Smith, secretary of state
the world at large with the great sea-
:, of the state attached.
y Being a newsboy I sold papers
a for a day and went on my way with
l. plenty in my kit. Went to southern
n Ohio and from there to West Vir'
e ginia and then into Washington
Ewhere called at the White House ant
= received letter acknowledging m,
e visit from I. r. T. Smith, chief mai
$, clerk, he being the only one on dut!
a at that time who had a title.
el Stayed in Washington a few day
IA and took in all the sights visited thu
a war and navy departments and re
II ceive the autograph of Secretary .
l. War Baker, Adjutant General Harri
Is and Auditor Baity, all of the war de
If partment. Was ushered to the rear o
g the building and introduced to Actin
l. Secretary of State Phillips and re
t; ceived an autographed letter statin
IN that it gave him pleasure to have m
le call on him and to hurry back and tel
j. him of my experiences.
Getting tired of war and stat
In stuff, / blew over to the treasury de
re partment and tried to see Secretar
o Glass, who was very busy and sickle
~ me on the chief clerk who gave m
.. a nice letter on the department sta
,a tionery. But | was not satisfied
= - asked him if he had ever been bum
= :. med in his office or if he even hear
q of anyone cumming the U, S. treas
w. ury, and he said no. SO, wanting t
az have the honor, / bummed him for
" dollar and so I am the only perso
III that ever bummed the treasury an
got away with it."
And so the story rambles fror
state to state
King Cole will go to Santa. Fe TIL
Ell morning and will try his best to &c
az the signature of Acting tGoverno
if. Pankey.