Show REAR ADMIRAL EVANS TO SPEAK I IN SALT LAKE AT CONFERENCE TIME Rear Admiral Robley Roble D Evans better belter known as Fighting Bob the famous sea fighter has begun a speaking tour through the country under the auspices of ot the United States Navy Xavy league Arrange Arrangements Arrangements Arrangements ments have been made for him to speak in Salt Lake City on Saturday evening April 3 As the conference rates will be bein beIn bein in effect effet effe t on that date there thero is only one building in the city large enough to ac as accommodate accommodate the throngs of people who will desire to hear him and therefore the tabernacle has been secured for the occasion All ll 11 ove country countr great audiences have hale greeted him and the surprise has been the remarkable way wa In which he has held his audiences P PlAs As lAs Admiral Evans E was appointed to the navy from Utah by bJ Captain Hooper In ISOO IS there Is no doubt of his recep reception reception reception tion hew hers The Hie memorable part taken by bythe bythe bythe the high school cadets at the time of the San Francisco reception to the At Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic lantic fleet and the cordial treatment ac nc accorded corded the boys by b the admiral at that time also lend additional reasons for a most enthusiastic welcome to the hero when he arrives in the city cU Admiral Evans can speak with author authority authorIty authority ity on naval affairs because of his achievements lIe He has had the opportunity and he has taken full advantage of It It came to him to take the fleet of sixteen battle battleships battleships battleships ships from Hampton Roads through the Straits of Magellan up the Pacific coast to San Francisco without mishap The rhe ships were In as good condition when they arrived at the Golden Gol cn Gate as when they the weighed anchor So many battleships have hac not gone on so long a voyage In the worlds history and the credit for the success of oC this ex extraordinary extraordinary voyage Is due to the fore foresight foresight sight of Robley Bobley D Evans Eans Bob Evans has had an extraordinary life Born In Virginia according to fam ily thy tradition he ho should have been on the I southern side when the civil war broke out It happened however that he be was appointed to the naval academy at An Annapolis Annapolis not from Virginia but from Utah and he felt In duty bound to do what he could for the Union cause His Ills appoint appointment appointment ment meat came only a short time before the war began and when hostilities were on he was a cadet In the academy His mother sent a resignation to the sec secretary secretary secretary of the navy on of her ber son and the tile secretary accepted it as he ac accepted accepted accepted various other resignations for southern cadets This resignation was as assent sent on to Annapolis There It was shown to young oung Robley who reading It said sold Its from mother sure enough I reck reckon on Ill rn reenlist So he did reenlist and was soon an ensign He saw service at Fort Fisher where he ho was wounded twice The ing tide was as almost over him as he lay In a hole an exploding shell had made with both legs so badly hurt that he could not walk |