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Show mm sails IfflTlPJBO Manager Curley Corrects ln- formation Stating French Champ Received Million Georges Carpen'ler has returned to France with approximately ? loo. 000' In his treasury that he did not have i when he eamo to this country, according accord-ing to Jack Curley, former wrestling I promoter who had charge of the ' Frenchman's tour. Curley makes the' l announcement to correct the Impres-I Impres-I slon that the French champion car-I car-I ned away close to a half million dol-l ! lars. Georges Carpentler Is going to make 1 good use of the money he captured , on his merican lour. He has plan-1 I ned to use every penny of it to put, I his coal mine at Lens Into operation, land this with a view of having an established es-tablished business in operation and m a paying basis when the day arrives I that he must hang up the gloves i'or all time Carpentler has owned expensive ex-pensive coal properties at Lens or several years. When the war broke out, however, his property was made a part of the battle grounds, ami eoryihing en It of any value was tola to-la II y destroyed. Speaking of the Frenchman's receipts re-ceipts on tho tour, Curley said recont-' recont-' ly, ' I dislike the nasty Insinuations 'hat have been made by certain ;ort , writers, to the effect that Carpentler i cleaned up a fortune here and then I beat It back to his native land. G--. g did not come Into the possession of his money by other than perfectly legitimate means, and in no city in which ho showed were the fans forced! to attend. It Is none of my buslue -;. of course, but I want to say thut the Frenchman is one of the cleanest chaps in the world, a perfect gentle-j man and a sincere friend, and '. :h' It Is unfair to garble the reports tf hlVs' American tour and then deliberately lie about the amount ot' money he b-la b-la Ined." Curley declared he was In a position posi-tion to know of every cent Carpentler made while In this country He I i the Frenchman received about (122,-000, (122,-000, paid the government ah ; I . . 2,-000 2,-000 and spent about $10,000 In the purchase of clothing and otiir LhirgS which he desired to take b . k to his native land. Curley says Carpentler will retern early In September, possibly pos-sibly on the 5th. oo |