Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-30 | Page 6 | "Boyle of Yukon"

"BOYLE OF YUKON." The story of how "Boyle of Yukon" became the Duo de Jassy is a romance of the war. The adventurer who clothed himself in bear skins in Alaska now clothes himself in the purple of royalty, or at least a tint approaching the royal shade. "King" Boyle, an Irish-Canadian, according to. the London Evening News, first emerged about twenty years ago as manager of Frank Slavin, the pugilist. pugi-list. He and his boxer -went up the Yukon at the time of tle Klondike boom and both made fortunes. The interval elapsing between his first success in Alaska and the great war was filled with travels and thrilling thrill-ing episodes for Boyle. When the War broke out, Boyle raised a machine gun corps in Canada. In the European campaign he did mariy things original and bold. There is one story of how he helped the Eussians to get out of East Prussia when they were so Severely Se-verely defeated by Hihdenburg. He won tho rank of colonel, and, from all accounts, he richly merited it. After the armistice Colonel Boyle went to Eumania. There he shone as "the savior of the country." When the Bolshevists Bol-shevists were marching against the kingdom, the king sent some notables to the invading army to make poace. The peace envoys Were seized and sentenced sen-tenced to death. Then came the chance of Boylo of Yukon. He fairly flew into tho Bolshevist Bol-shevist camp, signed terms with them, saved the delegation and returned to Bucharest, the hero of the hour. The king triads him Duo de Jassy and royal aide-de-camp. The queei! " i him when ho was ill. He himself says he prefers Bucharest to the Klondike. Klon-dike. This first Canadian duko has had his troubles in Rumania since, but his amazing career is a part of the history of the kingdom and his dukedom seals it with tlie royal seal.