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Show MILLIONAIRE STOKER COMPLETES SERVICE NEW YORK, July in. A "millionaire stoker" with two years and five months naval service to complete before his enlistment en-listment runs out arrived on tlie lmperator in the person of E. I.. Perkins of Eastland, East-land, Tex. Oil discovered on his farm, "which his father is running- for him, will plve him an income of $1,000,000 a year, he wns told in a mesasro from tlie elder Perkins, received jut before the big transport left for Brest on her last previous pre-vious trip. Yotins Perkins onlist.-d in the navy in December, 1017, was assigned to the transport trans-port service and later was sent into the Imperator's engine room for duty as a coal passer. The coal passer millionaire will not try to get out of his enlistment, lie said, and ! will use the money "for the benefit of ; the world and Christianity." |