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THE 3IORVIXG OREGOSTIAIT. WEDNESDAY, APRIIi 14, 1915. 15 EDITOR NELSON, OF KANSAS CITY, DIES 'Noted Publisher Directs News paper Between Intervals of Coma Till Last. 'FAMOUS MEN HIS FRIENDS Xife Devoted to Development of Metropolitan Dally, While Ap pointee and Elective Pub . lie Offices Are Scorned. KANSAS CITT, Mo.. April 11. Will lam Rockhln Nelson, editor and owner of the Kansas City Star, died at his : home here this morning. Mr. Kelson, who was 74 Tears old, had been In ill health several months and had been personal credit and securing loans at less than the prevailing: rate or In terest are outlined in a new publica tion of the United States Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletin No. 654, "How Farmers May Improve Their Personal Credit" The first of these plans has worked out in certain localities in North Da kota so well thft the farmer has been able to borrow money on his personal note at 8 per cent at a time when the usual rate in his vicinity varied from 10 to 12 per cent To secure this re duction in interest, the farmer agreed that the bankers should buy the dairy stock for which he wished the loan and sell it to him at actual cost The purchase in a number of cases was conducted with the advice of state or Federal dairy specialists. The men who furnished the money were thus in a position to make certain that it wag used for productive improvements which would enable the borrower to repay the loan. Under this plan, in fact the farmer may be said to have borrowed the improvement itself in stead of the money to buy it with, for the disposition of the money was taken out of his hands. A plan of the same general character was carried out a year or two ago in Southern Idaho, but in this case three or four banks united in the purchase of a carload of dairy stock. In another case in Nevada a local creamery sup plied the money and held back a part of the returns from milk and cream delivered by the borrowers. Altogether j 491 cows and heifers were distributed among 64 farmers, the aggregate amount of money represented by the loans being $39,483. This is the sim plest of the three methods. It consists WINGED t MEN WIN Frank and McCarthy Victors in Wrestling Bouts. NORTHWEST TAKES HONORS Portland, Spokane and Seattle AO letes Take Seven Out.of-El&ht Bonts In the Far "Western Championship Events. , RAM FRANCISCO. AdHI 13. (Spe i wrsiipn nf the Pacific North we.f aliamri nrlnclnal honors with athletes of the Southern Pacific As sociation last night in the Far Western wrestling championships staged onaer . L. : Tan a ma.Parl fl Ttl' position. Multnomah Club, Spokane Amateur Atnieuc liliu kuu oca... Athletic Club took seven out of eight bouts in wnicn tney were eniereu u every wrestler sent irom ui ramn A PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT IN OPENING BASEBALL GAME. rv IT 4 v r HiSss r 7 ,MtJt 'fZ-- I .1 l-- I I jjp - Km Evans Cauicht by Photographer McMonagle In the Art of Belting Ont a Home Run for Portland in the Third In ning. Hoiim Mltse, Venire, Catchlas, and Inspire Kd Finney to the Right. confined to his home since last De cember. Uremic poisoning- caused his death, according to physicians. Mr. Nelson took an active part In the management of the Jjtar up until about a month ago. when his condition changed for the worse. Until then members of the Star staff gathered at his bedside several times weekly for the purpose of discussing with Mr. Nel non questions of editorial policy. At these conferences he would dictate edi torials and outline ideas for cartoons nd feature stories. Mind Always on Newspaper. Although his physicians constantly advised against tne part he was taking during the last few months. In the management of toe paper. He retuseo to obey them, reminding them that it was in the building of the Star he had been happiest, and that he would not ho content without it to occupy his mind. During the last month, however, Mr. Nelson had been conscious only at in tervals. At each period his mind was clear and he constantly asked ques tions about his newspaper and the members of its staff. For many years Mr. Nelson was a director of the Associated Press. He was recognized as one of the leading newspaper editors of the United States and his friends were many. Immediately following his death a large number of his former friends were notified by telegraph. Among them were widely known men in almost Trery walk of life. They included Theodore Roosevelt. George W. Per kins, of New York; Henry Watterson, or Touisville. Ky.. and General Charles M. Tavlor, of Boston; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy: Victor F. Law son. Cnicago: Melville K. Stone, general manager of the Associated Press, New York: H. H. Kohlsaat Chicago, and Medill MeCormlck, Chicago. arilana Ills Xative State. Mr. Nelson was born in Fort TVayne. Indiana. March 7. 1841. He came of two centuries of American ancestors. His maternal grandfather. William Koekljill. settled in Indiana when that state was a wilderness In 1819. and was the first farmer in America to plant a thousand acres of corn. His father. Isaac DeGroff Nelson, was Identified with the upbuilding of the state and took an active hand In its political life. He was educated at Notre Dame Uni versity. After a short experience as a youngster in cotton growing in Georgia Just after the war. he returned to Indiana and became a general con tractor. 4-Page Dally Started. He soon became convinced that the opportunities in Fort Wayne were too -.mall, and after looking the field over, he decided on Kansas City as the most promising city of the country. He per suaded his Fort Wayne partner, Samuel E. Morss. to make the venture with him. They sold their Fort Wayne in terests, went to Kansas City and start ed The Evening Star as a little, four page afternoon newspaper, on Septem ber 1. 1880. Mr. Morss withdrew from the enterprise after a few months on account of ill health and Mr. Nelson continued as sole owner and editor-in-chief. In politics he was, as he aftrn said. "Independent but never neutral." But he would never consider any elective or appointive position. Early in Pres ident Taft's administration the sugges tion was made in newspaper reports that he might be appointed ambassador to France. He commented editorially as follows: "The editor of the Star is amply occupied, sustained and satis fied with his present Job. He regards himself as holding a place of greater responsibility and usefulness than any within the gift of the President, or the electorate." In 1881 Mr. Nelson married Miss Ida Houston. Their one child, a daughter, Mrs. Irwin R. Kirk wood, lives in Kan sas City. essentially in permitting the lender to say how the money .that he loans shall be spent Under such circumstances he naturally feels more secure, and the rate of literest lessens with the risk. 15,000 IS LEFT TO GlfiL STEXOGRAPHERi BRIDE-TO-BE, RE MEMBERED IN MAN'S WILL. Request of Suicide on St. Louis Street car Reveals Romance Unknown to Victim's Brothers. ST. LOUIS, April 5. Miss Sadie Smith, stenographer for William M. Price, secretary and treasurer of the J. O. Chenoweth Dyeing & Cleaning Company, who killed himself on a streetcar the other night, is bequeathed $15,000 by the terms of his will, which has been filed In the Probate Court. The filing of the will revealed they were en gaged to be married. Miss Smith is referred to by the tes tator as "my friend. Miss Sadie Smith." Aside from minor bequests totaling 81000, the rest of the estate goes to Price's two brothers. Wilbur B. Price, of Cleveland, O.. and J. Boyle Price. president of the dyeing and cleaning company. Price, who was about 40 years old and a bachelor, left a note, addressed to his brother. J. Boyle Price, found in one of the dead man s pockets, which said that their account at the Grand-Avenue Bank would be overdrawn Monday and that he had "plenty of insurance to take care of everything else. Miss Smith, who lives with her brothers. Harry J. and George, and her sister. Miss Naomi Smith, said she met Price seven years ago, when she first went to work for the company, bhe said they became engaged a year ago. but no announcement had been made. and the date of the wedding had not been set. The ceremony was post poned because of the illness of Price's mother. Price s brothers did not know of the engagement until the will was opened. J. Boyle Price said that his brother was reticent about his private affairs. "My brother's wish." he added, "in re spect to Miss Smith will be carried out to the letter. It was his intention to make her his wife, and he wishes to provide for her the same as if she had been his wife. She is in every way an admirable young woman." Price lived at the St. Regis Apart ments, with his brother and mother, Mrs. Virginia Boyle Price, member of an old St. Louis family and sister of the late Judge Wilbur Fisk Boyle. Mrs. Price is critically ill and friends said they believed that worry over his mother's condition caused Price to end his life. Price left 8500 to a half-brother. Na thaniel McDonald, and a similar bequest to a half-sister, Mrs. William E. Tol bert. The will was made last October 25 and names the St. Louis Union Trust 'Jompany executor. The will was signed by L. C. Post and A. H. Burg. The will asks that any taxes be de ducted from the estate so that the lega tees should receive the entire amounts bequeathed to- them. The St. Louis Union Trust Company could not give any estimate as to the value of the estate, but it is generally believed that Price carried a large amount of accident Insurance which would entitle the beneficiaries to double the amount if the holder of the policy met death on a train, streetcar or automobile. FARMERS' CREDIT AIDED (rfnemment Works Oat Way in Which Money Can Be Lent Easily. WASHINGTON. April . Three plans tjr which farmers in actual practice have succeeded in Improving their COOP MOVING COSTS $500 Henhouse Is Too Wide for Cellar Stairs and Wall Collapses. SUN BURY. Pa., April 11 John H. Ketner built a fancy chicken coop in the cellar of his home during his spare hours in the Winter. When he went to get It out he found the cellarway too narrow and decided to move part of the foundation. The waU collapsed, doing $50 damS4(n. Northwest is still in the running for the championships. The one defeat by a Pacific Northwest athlete was sustained by George Mc Carthy, of the Multnomah Club, who went out of his class, 158 pounds, into the 175-pound division, won his first bout and then lost a decision to C. E. Allen, of the Olympic Club. McCarthy, however, won his bout in the 168 pound class by defeating Carl Ricks, of the Olympic Club. Frank Double Winner. Edgar F.ank. of the Multnomah Club, was the onXy other Pacific Northwest athlete to win two matches. Frank, in the 125-pound class, first defeated M. N. Clark, of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, throwing him in 3 minutes, 40 seconds. He then threw R. Illing, of the Olympic Club, in four minutes, qualifying for the finals tomorrow. He will meet John J. Hummerlick. of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Frank Glahe, of Spokane, in the 115 pound class: O. Runchey, of Seattle, in the 135-pound class, and D. Burns, of Spokene, in the 145-pound class, all won their bouts on decisions. Summary: 115 pounds Frank Glahe, Spokana- Ama teur Athletic Club, defeated Robert Rex. Salt Lake Athletic Club, decision. 12.1 pounds John J. Humerlck, Los Angeles Athletic Club, defeated A. D. Beesley. fall Lake Athletic Club, fall in 1 :.-: R. Illlnir. Olympic Club, defeated H. Skllllnnr. Olympic Club, fall In 7 minutea; Klgar Frank, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, defeated M. N. Clark, Loa Angeles Atnietlc Club, tall In B:4u; John Humer lck. Los Angeles Athletic Club, defeated George Iki. University of California, fall in 4:40; E. Frank, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, defeated R. Illing, Olymplo Club, fall in 4 minutes. Seattle Wrestler Wins. 13. pounds J. Maurus, T. M. C. A. de feated E. Helno, Olympic Club, decision; O. Runchey. Seattle Athletic Club defeated Ge.orge Nees, y. M. C. A., decision; Otto Linnea, Los Angeles Athletic Club, de feated J. Maurus. Y. M. C. A., fall in 6:40. 145 pounds W. -Huber, Los Angeles Athletic Club, defeated El Rogers Olympic Club, fall in 8:44); D. Burns, Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, defeated W. Walter, Olympic Club, decision. 158 pounds George F. McCarthy. Mult nomah, defeated Carl Ricks, Olympic Club, decision; J. L. Anderson, Salt Lake, de feated E. Dairgett, Los Angeles Athletic Club, fall, 3:24. 175 pounds C. K. Allen. Olympic Club, defeated C. Suplick. St. Mary's, decision, Georgo McCarthy. Multnomah, defeated M. L. Witt, Olympic Club, decision; C. B. Allen. Olympic Club, defeated G. F. Mc Carthy. Multnomah, decision. Heavyweight T. 8. Thomas, Salt Lake Athletic Club, defeated C. P. Congdon, Olympic Club, fall IrOS. BLACKMAIL PLOT FOUND St. Louis Rich Lined Up by Sup posed Gang, Organized for Graft. ST. LOUIS, Mo- April 6. Papers, in cluding a list of the names of 15 wealthy St. Louis men and women found on Walter Patterson, 34 years old, arrested following a complaint, led the police to believe there' is a gang of organized blackmailers at work here. Patterson's arrest followed a complaint made by Oscar Bohlinger, wealthy furniture dealer, who sala Patterson demanded $1100 of him. When Patterson was arrested a note for $800 signed by Peter Ibsen, mer chant and Danish Consul for Missouri, was found in his pocket. Ibsen said that he had gone to a lake resort, where Patterson and several others demanded money from mm. losen saia ne naa paid them more than $1000 and also had given them the note. He said be preierrea to oe iieecea rather than have his name connected with scandal. Patterson is out on bond. His brother was arrested, but released One other arrest has been made and others are promised. 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WASHINGTON, April 6.With Sea ator Weeks bound for the Pacific Coast to help along his Presidential boom; with ex-Senator Burton reported to have said while in the Canal Zone that he would be a candidate; with friends of ex-Senator Root talking of him; ad mirers of ex-President Taft doing some quiet work, and with Fairbanks, Mann, Borah and other aspirants for the Re publican nomination next year also ac tive. Senator Cummins, or Iowa, like wise has determined to make a cam paign for the nomination, according to advices which have reached his friends here. Senator Cummins, who will go to Hawaii with the Congressional party this Spring, will make speeches in Den ver, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles and perhaps elsewhere on the Pacific Coast. Not only will he make speeches in those places, but he will see leaders, and no doubt is entertained here that active steps will be taken to get dele gates. 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Many Republican political leaders, especially those of the "old guard," take a dirferent view ami insist that if- the Republicans put up any man of strength he can win. township, by Thomas L. Pfarr, fire mar shal of Allegheny County. The information was sworn to before Alderman Kirby, and Algeo will have a hearing upon the double oharge of at tempted arson and attempting to blow up a building. According to Pfarr, who made an ex- haustlve investigation of the matter when it was brought to his attention by members of the School Board, sua- ' pldon has also been directed against at least one other official of Htowe town- ship, and proceedings may be Instituted against him shortly. Algeo denies the' charge. "TRAIL SAWDUST" SALE ON Felton, a;, Police" Say Visitors Got Supply From Factory. FELTON, Del., April 6. Police have ordered from town two men who were selling packages of sawdust, which they said they had scraped from the "trail" in "Billy" Sunday's tabernacle in Philadelphia. 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