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EL PASO HERALD 14 IIS DEAD POET BIIEf: MEXICAN BANDITS GO TO VILLA e We Give H&C Green Trading Stamps DOT LIES II STJTE JT CAPITOL EVERYBODY'S i J 111 Hi IliUfrJm !!U VS rry-3Lvsr-J'J.ryT- wr-- "v "" - - ' "? - f. "'r flC -' y" " -"J"" x?t&-' ?& vr ," i5- " Z3 S fSb1-" IP!-,"'' j' - ' '. '-'. ','-" " "' ? J "' w Hundreds Get Last Glimpse of "Hoosier Poet" Who Died Saturday Night as Result of Second Paralytic Stroke; ffuneral Service Will Be Held at His Home Tuesday; Riley Was One of Few Who Made Poetry Pay. U. In- r Instead of preparing for the prac to th i tlce of Iaiv. as his father wished, the son turned itinerant sign painter. For 10 years he roved through the Ohio valley, painting signs on fences. He had the trick of the brush and pencil and cleverly drew sketches illustrating the virtues of merchandise. He was naturally musical and shono as a fid dler in the villages at which his party stopped at night. He played for dances and at concerts in country hotels. He wrote rhymes, which sometimes found their way into country newspapers. Hecnme a XevrMpnpernian. He led this cheerful, free and easy life late in the 70s. then he took em ployment as a reporter on a newspaper at Anderson, Ind. In 1877, for the pur pose, as he said, of proving that he could write poetry of value, he perpe trated the Poe hoax which for jears was a literary sensation. He wrote T NDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July I diana today paid tribute -- memory of James Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana poet who died Saturday n 'ht as a resell of his second stroke of paralysis. Ttie body lay in state at the Indiana capitol building from S oelock this afternoon until 9 oclock tonight and hundreds of people passed bv to get a last glimpse of the great IToosIer poet." Gov. Samuel Ralston, In a letter to Henry E:tel of this city, brotherinlaw of the poet, asked that the body lie In state at the capitol. The letter wfc.ch met with a favorable response from the poefs relatives, follows: James T hitcomb Riley was loved -w )i nnstnlA j-i fryAtnr.r, a m TT-4 K Tift other man. In an exceptionally ten- i poem in the style of Edgar Allen Poe. der sense the people of his native state j which he gave the characteristic title J. 1AU1UUI1C. auu H tS UUC1CU IV 111C public as a hitherto unpublished prod uct of the genuius of Poe. One of the stanzas was: "Leonanie anpels named her. And they took the light Of the laughing stars and framed her In a. smile of white. And they made her hair of glooms Midnight and her eyes of bloomy Moonshine and they brought her to me In the solemn night. In some quarters the poem was ac cepted as genuine; in others it was de nounced as a fraud. After the contro versy had wased for months Riley confessed. He Read His Own Verse. In the early 80s he began writing verses in "Hoosier" dialect for the old Indianapolis Journal. He sent some of his poems to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and they received his praise. A volume was published and "the Hoosier poet" began to win a public He was an excellent reader of j his own dialect verses and for the fol j lowing 15 years, or until 1898. he made tours or tne country, appearing in pub lic with great success both alone and In association with the humorist. Bill Nye, who was his Intimate friend. Publication of books of poems year SJCg?sXMHHf' K Telt and believed that he belonged to thm and hey mourn bitterly mourn hl passing "As goiernor of Indiana, I am anx ious that the people be afforded an opportur.it to show the high respect In which they held the man and I am therefore to suggest that his remains bo allowed to lie in state in the ro tunda of the capital." Present arrangements are for the funeral services to be held at the home Tuesday morning. These will be pri vate and simple In accordance with wishes of the poet. Made Fortune From Poetry. James 'Whitcomb Riley, born of the middle west, sang the joys, sorrows, fancies and humors of Its folk, largely In Its own dialect. The world was so touched by his inspiration and the real Ism of his homely symbols that he was one of the few, that, devoting their lives to poetry, gained a fortune. .air Kiiey was peculiarly sensitive as Teteran of the Spanish-American war. to the advance of age and evaded in- arrrved here Sunday aboard the steamer guinea aa w uio ua.it; vi -j.o -si m uul the most accurate information avall- f I A I ' yi tssidaaffiigaag g XrlEXlCAlirSANDlZS OH -WAX TO JQJiJ VHJ GWZ.EZt SSKE. THIS picture shows a group ot Mexican bandit-. o;i their way to join Pancho Villa to help him keep hi3 boast to the ef fect that he will be dictator of Mexico within 30 days. From all corners of Mexico similar band? are reported moving to join the famous bandit leader. Hoosier Sweet Singer Sleeps; Harp of "Jim" Riley Is Still Best Beloved Man in Indiana Passes Away in Big House on Lockerbie Street; Wrote of Fields and Brooks and Things As They Are; Was the Typical Hoosier; Body in State at CapitoL By NORMAN WALKER. H" IS harp ia stilled. The Hoosier sweet singer will sing no more of the fields and woods and run- after year brought Riley a fortune and i niT.o- hmnt, ah T.inno mm., m. wide recognition of his literary genius. . - " , ,. . , k.,,., ... , In 1902 he received the degree of 'lay for the b?st boved an ln master of arts from Yale university and I Hoooierdom. James Whitcomb Riley in iu4 tne university or Pennsylvania hai gone to sleep to awaken In the T-and of Elsewnere," of which he and would tell them stories of Little Orphan Annie and the Gingerbread Man. Home on Lockerbie Street, The Riley home on Lockerbie street, set back among the maples, was wor shiped as a shrine by all Indiana. To go to Indianapolis and not drive out past the Hoosier poefs home would be like soing to Mount Vernon without ang so sweetly iTioitin- Washington s home. No one , ., ., ... ! disturbed him with calls except his In many ways Jim Riley was the I closest friends for it was an unwritten ln1fol TTnrkelT HantlA -a1tll"tl VtA 1 1.1 JV thai tViA rrn naa via a V. . aV'inn ror,a.na5?i50SerMUiid J inK effeminjle. great yet unaffected, J"red ?mong his books and reveries In at J. o.OOO for a site for a public II- I " . . . ,, . .' .. the cool library of the big old fash- rugeu dui. a pokshcu aS a i-uurnej. ,oned house Wlt ,he vjnes and flowers he was the perfect product of a state . and sugar mapl-s for a setting. His wnich stands for sincerity and for I nearest neighbors were the most en conferred upon him the degree of doc tor of letters. Indiana university conferred the honorary degree of LL. D. on him In 1907. In July, 1911, the poet presented to brary and school administration build ing. Sever Married) Loved Children. Mr Riley never married but he was a lover of children, whose spirit he divined so intimately, and of family life. Many of the last years of his life he spent quietly at his home in a se cluded section of Indianapolis. Indiana Society To Have Riley Memorial Service A Riley memorial service will bo held by the El Paso Indiana society. No date has yet been arranged for the memorial service but W. H. Case, presi dent of the club, will name the com mittees soon for the service. It will be held in one of the churches of the city and will be open to the public There will be a. sketch of Riley, readings from his poems and the play ing of Riley's poems set to music The Indiana club had arranged to have a Riley night the first meeting to be held this fall and the memorial service will be held instead. led people in the Hoosier capital. UI1HE wu j-eujiie, i ...Cj i.c Thev new Rilev Wh-n nn n.irh Running through his writings is a borly house wife baked a good batch note of loneliness which gives them i f gingerbread or another made a aaa -H,r -Tim- TMi,r : ! mountain of pumpkin pie (they call lonelv for he lived much alone with " PUDKin pack inerj) sne rolled i home of hls bovhood his books and his dream children and "" " "Lr " les- e "ur " Melody of the Meadow. lit- M.-Mn..IA., U. ......a,- tn.r.iul and i - flU,lllHI dUlUll ailU 1 OU Ul IU 1 .o .lliiiwiico. "o ut.vi ...... .. '.f..- T(1,.... .I.U I. 11.31. AhltCJ O V..L11 JU after rhat he always called the onei perfect day of his whole year. Once he drove ln his automobile to Green field, his old home, and there received J ths homage of "his children." j I.Ike Lincoln. To Indiana Riley has always been ; what Abraham Lincoln is to Illinois. ; It was not his fame, which spread i beyond the seas, nor his wonderful works, but the love which comes first in the minds of all Hoosiers. They are as jealous of this love as a be- ' Irothed lover or the mother for the j first born. The world may Ring "Jim" j Riley's songs and cherisn his gems but J Indiana claims his love for her own. ' This has been so since Riley first J toured the state lecturing, singing his homely songs of Hooslerdom and lov- I ing little children. I It was characteristic of New York ; ?nd the east that it awakened to the fnft that th wnrlil harl a npnr TTat I only after the great men of England bad acknowledged him Hut Indiana ucu Known nim xor wnaL ne was since he first struck the Ivric lyre and made the whole world listen. The Tie That Hindu. Hoosiers who have been exiled have never lost their love for their home state and Riley's writings have done more than any other thing, save only the old home ties, to bind the exiles to their native etate There is no diG lovalty in this love for they love their i adopted state no less because they ! 'o e their home state more Just as a man loves his own home more because te retains with deeper love, the old Regarding lilk Undergarments J'Kj The woman of stjle and retmempnt wears s k un dergarments, and thoe who hae wurn t1 -se a T hke creations lonj; have learned b x i ,t to innt upon "Xiafpira Maid" Move Sk bca ie the texture of this wonderful fabru is so gi ft and finely oen that the naturahy faful lines of the figure are retained. Pniember that it is the little details that make or mar a style, and remember also, that tbse gar ments are modeled with a skill that e'ltr nates the slightest suppstmn of "ba;r:rm' -s T i re fore, your gown- will fuiiy express te sty'-inve-ted in their designing hen n ' ru cvr "Xiapara Maid" undergarraent-s. hji- wU'-in formed, coiirteons salesladies will . rpla n why they are superior. "NIAGARA MAID" GLOVE SILK COM BINATIONS OR TEDDV BEARS Finished with a French band top either plain or hemstitched. Per suit. $2.95 to $3.50 "NIAGARA MAID" GLOVE SILK COM BINATIONS Dain tily trimmed with Val lace and ribbon. A beautiful garment. Per suit $5.50 "NIAGARA MAID" GLOVE SILK VEST Plainly tailored top. Reinforced under-arm shield. Come in white and softer shades of pink and sky. Each $1.50. "NIAGARA MAID" GLOVE SILK BLOOMERS t match vest d- nb J abo e. Reinfnnfd r rot eh. Elastic band at wa-st and knees. Each $1.95 "NIAGARA MAID GLOVE SILK EN VELOPE DRAWERS Trimmed tn dainty Valenciennes lace. Come in both p.rk and white. Each $2.95. "NIAGARA MAID GLOVE SILK CAMI SOLE Trimmed in Valenciennes 1 a.c e with plain French band top. Prices range from $135 up to $2.50 !V Call in the store tomorrow and ask to be shown these tremendously popular garments. 1 his "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" is page out of his life. Having no family, he adopted the children of the state as u. S. WAR VETERAN SAYS HE WAS DRIVEN FROM IRELAND New York. July 24. Richard Ebbett. a.ble indicates that he was born In 1848. ""Should you ask his age." one of his friends said, "he would answer: This aids of 4".' and leave you to mess .which side" He Was No School student. 'several letters asking the military to The POet "was the Son Of Reuben A. I return fh RwnrH h was nrflpretl seld Elley. a lawyer and political speaker ! and deported from Ireland. He said St. PauL He said he was deported from Ireland where he had made his home. Ebbett said his home at Oldcastle. Ire land, was rifled by the British authori ties May 20. and a Malayan sword which be had obtained in the Philip pines was taken away. i He said that alter he had written i Ileanlted I.ove. This great love was requited by the UC aUlSllU IUO IrfllHllll IS. IUU ...mc .... . .... c,.... . - . .-..v a..-...... j ..... his own and poured out from the ful- j famous man of Lockerbie street. He ness of his heart all the love of little children which welled up from that great fount of love. And his love wis ot lost upon the children of HnoslTdom for they worshipped Riley as the god of childhood. Received "Ills Chililrrn." Each year, when his blrthdav anni versary arrived, he recened a flood of post cards from "his children." ae he loved to call them, crowds of fluffy frocked little ones crowded about the homj on Lockerbie street and wor shipped at the shrine of their patron saint. Riley would smile in his sad. sweet way, pat the little curlv heads save the proceeds of his poems for j ear to build a library that the poor wno lived along Pogue's Run and m the shop district might lite with the groat writers as he lived with them in his library where the morning sun poured in through the high window wph Its box of verbenas and petunias nndding In the breeze. Once each vear. on his birthday, he would have his easy chair placed on the veranda and, all afternoon he would keep the court of love as his little subjects poured past reverently, fingers In Riley's writings are filled with the melody of the mellow autumn and the fresh spring as it is in no other place than Indiana. He has caught the lilt of the meadow lark across the freshly plowed field and his lyrics breathed the softness of the harvest moon. His word pictures are of the rail fences pith their angles overgrown with goldenrod and the daisy fields nodding in chorus to the symphony of the west wind. His lute poured forth liquid notes which were always true and he caught the spirit of his state as did Wordsworth and Byron their own land. Sabconsclnns Impressions. TVhen he was a boy swimming In the ' Ole Swimmin Hole." a young man painting these eame fences with patent mouths and faces shiny with too much i medicine signs and riding from place soap. At the close of the day Riley who swarmed around his easy chair would sigh as he watched the sun set A Narrative of Everyday Affairs M? Tkeir Married Life , of Greenf-eld, Ind. The boy could not be brought to the dull routine of school days, but he was wise in the lore of streams and fields. His mother, who was Elizabeth Marine before her mar riage, was a writer of verse and Riley ln later life attributed some of his im practicability to her. he was put aboard the St. Paul when that vessel sailed from the other side. Helen Meets Her Mother In Cleveland HtO-t-.v had never remembered rhe night was breathless Helen lay workins so hard as she had to 1 ,n her "pPer berth and never closed her get Winifred rcadv to -o west ' ?ye-s' The rattle and rumble of the bet .tmi.rea rcauy 10 o west .train which was usuxllv so snothmir 100 Rooms of Solid Comfort Hotel Savoy, Overlano. and Stanton: vprvthintr new. strictly modern: can't be beat for price; $3.50 week up. Adv. mm 'xan Gives a Rule For Success 2& No. 47 of the series. "Success will come to jow, my friend, Nol at one leap, but by degrees; So put a curb on rvhal you spend. Don't waste your coin each whim to please." Those who make money fast often lose it as quickly. Slow and steady wins the race, nine times out of ten. "Thrifty Alexander's' career is only typical of that of thousands of successful men who are wise enough to avoid speculation and who save while the saving's good. liiEjnST EiTIONALBANK EL PASO, TEXAS for the summer. The dresmakcr had teen at the house for three days mak ing little dresses and Winifred had worried Helen continually, for at every hot day she seemed to droop a little more, and Helen was afraid that site would not be able to get the child away before she became really 11L Warren reassured Helen, although he was worried and It was with re- kept her awake, and the heat was ter- ..oie Helen had never dreamed that she could not get a lower berth, but a convention of some kind was taking place in New York, and the best she could get was an upper. By the time the train rolled into the (rand Central she was cross and al most eirk. fane felt illtreated. too. for alter Que reflection sne hail decided mat a i not have to place on a patent medicine wagon, "Jim" Riley absorbed the spirit of his j sion that he gained and one that he probably never knew he possessed un til he started to write when the melodv of the meadows and the brooks and fields poured forth from his pen like liquid music Sad, Sweet Smile. When his hand was stilled by the "stroke." he said he would ne-er write again for he feared It might not be atuned to his heart. He did consent i to dlcate a sentennial poem but it ' was not the Riley who wrote of old. j He was patient and lovable to the end and. as the bodv lies ln state todav in , the capital of his beloved state. I can i I see a ad. sweet 6mile on the face of i tfla f.i.ln.. cnfAr : ".11m" T711AI' Hln font llic anmca ! live on in the hearts of "his children." Los Angeles and return S35.00 San Diego and return S35.00 San Francisco and return 845.00 -via- The Calif ornian (Daily at b":45 a. m.) THIS IS THE BEST TRAIN COME IN AND LET US TELL YOU WHY, PULKtfAN AND TOURIST SLEEPING, DINING AND OBSERVATION CAR. City Ticket Office 206 No. Oregon St. " . DEFECTIVE WIRING CAUSES FIRE: WOMEN ALMOST OVERCOME ; Defective wiring in the basement of the new i K. Waterhouse apartment at ' j-ii i-l .mssouri street, is Deileved to lief on both sides when everything I just as well have taken a rest and few dajs more or less would I ae caused several residents to run e mattered, and that she might ! r?r. tll?'r "es Saturday night at S 30 i BANKING BY MAIL 4 COMPOUND INTEREST A. rwiueat for our new fre booklet. "Banking by Mall" eoirtea with It no ctllgatlon to op;n an account. All we aak la an oppor tunity to explain clearly why your savings iLoull earn 4 percent, and why yo-ir money will be absolutely safe If sent by mall to this Institution. Ton may hay occasion to thank in for this nggestion. Write to-day, and ak for r New Booklet. El Paso Bank and Trusl Company a Guaranty Ftead Bank was finally ready and Helen and Wini fred had departed on the sleeper for Cleveland. Helen met her mother on the morn ing of a rainy day, the coolness of which was welcome. "Can't you possibly come out for Just a few days, Helen?" her mother had asked earnestly. "You look pale and tired yourself, and the change would do you so much good." Helen thought longingly of the little country town, the quiet doctors houeo wnere nothing was hurried, the pros pect of a real rest, but she shook her head. I couldn't, mother, I promised War ren I would be back. 'Warren would be the first one to ell you to stay if you would send a telegram." I know that, but It wouldn't be fair - "Not for a few days?" "No. mother, much as I would like to come, and you can't know how much I really want to come. I don't think I ought. I don't approve of wives who leave their husbands alone In the city at any time, and Warren needs the rest as much as I do." "When are jou going to take a vaca tion?" "Later on in the summer Warren con get away for two weeks, then I rhall go with him." An Invitation. "Can't you both get out here?" 'I don't think so. dear I don't be like Warren would wan to some so far. Rut you and father must come to Jhe city this fall when Winifred comes home. Just think, she is going to start in school." Helen's mother looked proudly down at her small granddaughter. 'That is." Helen went on. "If she is good and drinks lots of milk and gets fat and rosy We can't ha-e any thin Utile girls going to school, can we, ETnndma?' I'm not thin," Winifred protested. us tne not uays. tney make me so choky " Helen exchanged looks with her mother. "She seems to droop at the first hot spell," she explained mder her breath. "V. arren and I could hirdlj wait to get her out here with you" It certainly agrees with her. and you know. Helen, how glad we arc to have her" lelen had left that night for New New lork. The rain had stopped and returned the latter part of the week. nne nopea uiat warren would appre ciate her efforts to be with him, but he probably wouldn't, he hadn't been particularly thoughtful of late. Helen got off the train with the crowd and relinquished her bag to a porter It seemed warmer in New York than it was in Ohio, and everyone looked wilted. In spite of the fact that Khe had powdered her face, she could feel little epots of perspiration gather under the hair on her forehead. This fact did not make her any more com fortable and by the time she saw War ren in the crowd she was so tired and hot that she could hardly take an other step. "Wnrren CunKnten. "You look fagged out." Warren said, taking her bag from the porter. "Sup pose you had a bad night in the sleeper." Helen smiled a little wearily and followed him outside, where he piloted tur into a taxi Had the car here to meet you and had a blow out just as I started. It was too late to go back and wait to hare the shoe changed, so I came right on." Helen lay back on tne cushion and let the cool air fan her hot cheeks, then she turned to Warren. "Where are we going, dear?" "Going to take you somewhere cool for lunch." "Oh, Warren, I couldn't eat a thing." "Got one of your headaches, I sup pose." ' Yes. I have, dear I couldn't eat a thing" "Did you have any breakfast?" "Just some orange juice." '1 thought so. Xo wonder you have a neadache. You'll just have a decent lunch and then I'll take you home and you can rest. Tonight we'll take a spin in the car and go to some roof harden It's great to have you back osain, even if you were only gone for only three days." ilelpii was cooler when they reached the little restaurant, and she let War ren order what he wished. A fan was whirling near her, and when the waiter brought her some Iced bouillon she realize! that she was hungry. For I t.ie firt tune she saw the tired look i" .ir'tn e es as she smiled at him across th. tiMe After all. how glad sie w .s to be back with him, and at a c lesti'm of h' about the trip she be K'n to tell m everything in detail -roririrlit, 116, International News Service. o'clock. ast columns of smoke were seen coming up from the basement shortly arter the alarm was turned in and it ?ra" "ecess?.r for firemen to carry v r.Ear1 out of the apartment. airs L.. p. Kepley had a narrow es cape from the smoke Damages be lieved t- be more than 1200 were caused by the fire. FOR ALL YOUR HARDWARE WANTS 4ft MILLS & STANTON THE CONVENIENT STORE" NEGRO LABORER LEAVES A TRAIN HERE; IS ARRESTED - ?ilaiF w,,th be,ns a fugitive from a train carrilnir a nnmk.. - T,mo Louisiana to California. Sidney I Jones, a negro, was arrested Sunday 1fHn,?Sn,J,,?.lr '? heM " the cily jail. Jones, it is said, w as , n route h?;ough the city with a number of other laborers on contract with a .-on- ' the official in charge of the train ,,. , pears for him. ' Camp Furniture, Leggings, Belts, Scabbards, Base Ball Goods. Everything in fact in the sporting goods line. W e extend a cordial welcome to the National Guardsmen SHEL TON-PA YNE ARMS CO PHONE 438. 3 1 7 TEXAS STREET. BOYS ARRESTED IN STORE CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING Arrested as they walked out of the Emporium Dry Goods store at Oregon and Overland streets. John Rice and Willie Marshall, two bo s were docketed on charges of shoplifting Saturday afternoon at the police sta tion. In the possession of the two boys were found a pair of shoes, two purses, four cheap rings, two handkerchiefs and a necklace. CANDY SPECIAL On Our Pink and White Cocoanut Cream Bar 15c the Lb. WEDNESDAY ONLY 4lr'r Try Our Fresh Peach Ice Cream SELECT YOUR WALL PAPERS So that the furniture, rugs and puturcs all melt toeth.r r- Lar- monious picture. 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