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carts. some Of which grew TO the size
of ~hogsheads. Not less than PIG hogs
heads have been taken from the pump
in a single day. and 1t is said that the
water at the bottom Of the well was
never either mors or less than three
feet deep.
The hoar of wears had o yet set
tied upon these places Of interest when
the first ~ the Harper brothers came
u New York in 1910. At that time
John jacob Astor resided a, 233
broadway, the City Hall was in course
-: erection. three banks were sufficient
- transact all the financial business
OF the metropolis. the Walton house
was n stately mansion in the half
rural city, the post Office did no more
business than could be conveniently
accommodated in the home of the post
master. Grace Church stood at the
cofner of Broadway and Rector street,
the Collect Pond. whcreon Robert Full
ton tested and exhibited his first
steam vessel. was filled with clear
water, st, Johns Chapel was wirhin
two years OF being built. Columbia Col
lege was at Murray and Church
SNIt'No, anu tAtI1tTltdH literature Was III
the beginning OF ITS infancy,
OF tho men whose I'M afterward
became OF national. even worldwide,
Importance, Washington Irving was
wandering through the picturesque
suburbs Of Manhattan studying scene
aud the characters for his inlmitablo
sketches and gathering the material
for his impcrishabic "knickcrhocker's
History Of New York. Fenimurc
Cooper was a young midshipman. ac-
curing the familiarity with sea, lake
and shore which he turned To sucll
good ccount in his nautical and his
pioneer stories; William Cullen bryan,
was still a boy preparing for college,
enjoying the p%rccocious fame that
came from his publication Of "Thc
Embargo and THE Spanish Rcvolu-
ton" Nathaniel Hawthorne WAS but
& years old and I.ongfellow ard Whit
tier were three years younger
! Their were few American books and
fewer American authors when James
Harper. then Il youth Of 10 years, de-
tcrnincd to 90 10 the city and seek
his fortune in the printing business
upon which his determination had been
Fixed 10y u study of the life Of tienja-
min Franklin, lie lived her with his
ta'hor. Joseph. UPON his farm IN New
tuWn The country village on Long
Island WAS not then within easy reach
Of Manhattan; no trolley carr whlrlcd
the people. MS they 10 to-day, along
paved streets, through Brooklyn and
scrosS me Of the bridges that span
the East River; no Long Island Rail.
road whisNed them away and under
that river behind giant electrical loco
mot'v"s and into the very heart OF
New York.
The sleigh WAS hitched up and
driven over snow covered roads, for
II was December. and the boy was ap-
preuticed to Pam n Thomas, printers,
a. Burning Slip and Water street. The
! printing press at which he was put
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Proposal Of Publishing Firm to Move
After Nearly a Century Recalls
Many Interesting Traditions

wealth was necessary 10 obtain either
invitation or welcome to her recep-
tons.
From there Washington walked
some times, but mostly drove, to at
tend to the business of the nation in
Federal Hal. at Broad and Wull
streets. And when lie drove his prog
ress was In the nature of a royal
pageant. He maintained a large stable
and his coach never had less than four
horses 10 1t, and usually six. with foot.
men and outridcrs. and his two secre-
tarios riding bloodei horses in ad-
vance.
But finally it was determined that
Cherry Hal was too far out of the city
to he convenient and Washington re-
moved To the McComb mansion on
Broadway Just below Trinity Church.
The house he occupied. which was
three stories hish and built Of lrick.
with an imposing entrance. afterward
became n bank. then "a tenement and
finally was torn down in 1885.
Two doors below the Franklin house
at I Cherry street stood the house
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House ofHarper Soon to Quit
Historic Franklin Square

number ot other similarly pleasing
spans and the good Clergyman seems
20 have visited them all. for he tells
OF passing owe a number of them.
though modestly refrafning from say
ing whether or not he awaited himself
% the privilege obey conferred.
Only a few blocks distant from
Franklin Square stood h stately
home of Col. Rutgers, where Lafayette
was entertained in 1924, and a little to
tie south was the Bouwcr!c. or home
farm. OF the Beckman family. a part
Of which vas later bought 10y the
Roosevelt family. And Just a little
way north ana west. still on Pearl
street. which even in the time Of the
Harpers was n Of the principal thor
oughfares OF New York. was the old
Tea Water Pump, famous even In
England for the excellence OF its
water.
Between the place where Pearl
street intersects Park row. and the
battery no good drinking water was
to he had. and the Croton had not yet
hecn tapped for the cityis benefit.
The water from the Tea Water Pump
was cool. sweet and sparkling, and
from all the nearby houses people
came to Ill their pals for the cup and
tho table. Presently some enterprise
ing individual hit upon the scheme OF
p~urVcying the water to the more dis
tlni homes by means OF barrel laden
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which ,oluc years llter-in 1s2j-was
IN" first in Now York 20 te lighted by
-as. Samuel Lesgc't. president Of the
New York Gas ilEtt Company, lived
thcre and IL was his ambition and
that Of Hs associates To- pipe the
streets and the houses and sell their
commodity for the comfort and con
venicncc Of he people and with profit
- themselves. l|ut the people feared
To have the pipes under their streets
lest this new and dangerous gas should
explode, and they were in mortal ter
ror OF what might happen If they adj
m.tted ii TO their homes.
So Mr.. Leggctt had his own house
piped. lighted the Jets when night fell
Z invited the people TO come and
see how they likcd II. Cherry Hin
was the Mecca Of the whole city that
evening, and for a long time curious
spectators remained outside looking
at the brilliantly Illuminated windows
and expecting ur explosion that would
blow tie house to- Pigments. When
thai did not occur several Of the more
VoutUresomr took "a chance and ac-
ttpt"d t'c invitation fp enter, and
since these escaped With their lives
the moro tiuld ones took heart OF
grace - went inside also. II was
good advertising 4nd clever. and from
that time the cts abandoned its fear
of Illuminating gas and orders came
thick and fast Ia tho new company.
Just a short distance down Cherry
street al ., SIN stands the house in
which WAS made the first American
tao IN -. present -sR1n -, ., ,b.
year 1918 II hdd been the custom to
Add a Hlr.p" - the original th!rtcon
AKA a S'ar Tor each newly admitted
Stale. The lag thus became mis-
S!Iapon and capt. Samuel g. Reid, the
hero of layal, suggested that the ban
ncr he restored t, its pristine thirteen
stripes and only a star added to tho
field for each new State. His resi-
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have been bota shsned and outrage
by this failure.
II have SAID that | knew tic men
OF Grants great army fifty wears az
II was mad" up OF fine fellow :
was IMMENSELY struck by rs ps,.
Cho!oGy Of justice and determination
They were flied with the SPIN o.
carrying through those things w".,.
they had undertaken after havrs
reached the full conviction Of ;a.r
u%ndeniable propriety.
They We're your people then a.
a better people never lived. l .aye
not visited Your country sim" 80
but ] remain entirely connd"rt q
the splendid nature Of your oo>,.G.
! do not think those men ever Npu
have stood by quietly whi.c Belgium
was ravagcd, nor would ~ "a.
remained qu.escent after ;As e.s,:It.
, ton 81 the L.ustania.
II believe the action, or u.e &C.
cu;a;ciy the inactivity Of your l.cs.
dent Will do America nor 8.W n
the worlds eyes ana in her ,,a
%,hoiosy than anything wA.,. ,',, Id.
occurred TO her.
"lf Mr.. Wilson had hH' ~rr.,.
hav" no thought that Amer.
have entered the way. bfi' g.. 4o'l
influence Of her oNplC>s,J rstp'. '
o. Germany ana her apiru,., ~ :.
oouSo Of the Allies would U.r' Jea
powerful,
81 believe, ard / belle 20 "a
WI! learn, that Il II pos>.u., .. ,.t'-
snt,. - ~ 4..f... al.
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Since Lord Cromer gave the accompanying interview to Mr. Mar
shall. President Wilson has taken . decided stand on one question h.
mentions. the destruction of neutral lives by German submarines. That
this will NOT be without its effect on the anti.Ameican sentiment Lord
Cromer finds in England cannot be doubted.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
FIGHTING IN lair ISVERY THRILLING
AND DANGEROUS, SAYS CARPENTER
French Champion Boxer Describes His Experiences as
Military Aviator; Has Received the War Cross and
is Recommended For Military Medal as Result
of His Exploits Against the Germans.

ONDON. Eng. Oct Georges
Carpenter. the heavyweight box
IL Ing champion Of Europe, who is
row in Paris on leave from war ser
.ice. has written for 2 London news
paper a story OF his experiences and
his prospects. He looks forward 10
1e-eutering the rinE and is convinced
that 1t won't be long before he is free
70 put on the gloves for fighting OF a
different sort from that in which he
has been sharing for many months
past He says
--yviu ] be glad to get out OF this
he1I2 A thousand times yes. but not
before we have seen to II that the
gates Of he'll have been shut so tight
that they viii never be flung open
again
II shall remember that when 7
fought your Bombadier Wells at Client.
Belgian people creamed that boxing
vas cruel and CHASTITY and must be
no more. Then they did not know. 4
s0uearrisf Belgian can never be again
For Be-@iiaus have lived too long in
world OF horror
Has Been Decorated.
Relating his experiences al the front
II have seen Is months in the firing
line as a pilot Much have 7 seen !
have had my fights nigh in the clouds.
] have been wounded I have received
The War Cross. and ! have been recon-
mended for. and shall receive shortly
the 1IedaIlle 1lilitaire-
81 have been lucky. Intensely so. for
have been in many tight corners II
NAV he that some OF the charms given
10 me when 7 left London intead Of
fighting Young Ahearn, have brought
me good fortune
-sBut 7 would tell what the Order ~
the Day which is what YOU would call
your Gazette. says about what I did 70
win the AIedaille Militaire- It is thai
few over the German lines ~
height OF only goo Yards and thai when
7 returned TO OUT lines my biplane was
found To have received no fewer than
j. rifle bullets
No Sense Of Danger.
When flyinE. If il be that you are
chanci1E your arm. shall I say. you
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Was Far NamedS Sullivan, Who Went Week.
And Warmed His His Physique
HOPKINS USES
METHOD.
Southern College Football
Teams Use Systems of
Other Big Elevens.

Baltimore. Nd. Oct Johns Hop
kins university is the only institution
OF importance in the south using the
Harvard system OF coaching as devel-
oped by Percy Haughton to the glory
OF the crimson in recent years This
fact is surprising when the success Of
the Harvard plays and methods Of de-
veloping football material IS consid-
cred. but the coaches OF all the other
southern teams are working along
Iiness that have been thought out in
other big league football centers-
At Virginia the Yale system. IN
stalled there many years ago by Frank
Hinkey. still is followed Georgetown
has EXendine. a Carlisle graduate
tactics Vanderbilt to the Michigan
plan; and the Navy to a combination
Of the Yale and Princeton play with
Just a touch OF Harvard injected last
year under adverse circumstances By
Tacks Hardwick. IS assistant coach
Until the season OF 1915. the Hop
kins coaching system foliowed me
Yale plan, as brought to Baltimore BY
Linn and Jack Gates. the old yale
BricEsIey Had the Pep.
Last year the Hopkins Athletic as
ISOLATION decided to infect new pep
and selected Charlie Brickley as the
proper cruet from which TO shake the
pepper and Brickley shook it-so Wig
orously that his system blinded all the
other Maryland aggregations and Hop
kins marched through her state season
without 4 defeat This season Br1ck-
lev was unable to return to Baltimore
and the Job Of continuing the Harvard
system was given to Henry Brennick,
who was assistant to Brickley IN
1915.
Brennick Is eminently fitted for the
lob Although he was never a star az
Harvard being handicapped by lack
OF weight. he knows football from
seam 10 seam He was captain OF the
TTarva-d scrubs in his senior year at
Cambridge and has kept his fingers on
the pulse OF big league football ever
since. He is a cousin Of Charley DalY.
the old Harvard and West Point
star
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

have no sense of danger 7 never In
al my flights thought or even dreamed
OF being beaten. I always believed in
myself. 1t is so now with my ma
chine II is as some human You feel
that il knows you, that II is part OF
yourself, YOU come to believe II Is IN
vincible. and although in my last big
flight. when 7 can now well believe
what 7 was hugsing and wrestling
with death all the time. I did not ones
quake with fear. I was OF course con-
scious that I was being potted at all
the time
To fly as low as I did was risky.
perilous. but the knowledge that II had
TO be done il were TO be or service 10
our artillery. seemed TO fiji me with .
sense Of security. It was only when
got back into our lines and saw the
10 bullet marks and the holes that
had been riddled in my machine that 1
realized that I WIS as near being
knocked out as ever I have been in NY
life.
Has To Avoid Combat.
These days my duties. though often
exciting and dangerous. do not consist
in hunting enemy airplanes- indeed,
my orders are even to avoid engaging
them. But I have been compelled TO
do so on several occasions. and under
a heavy handicap because OF my ma
chine not being fast OF heavy enough
1T is my business to assist in the
of wireless messages and signalling
like my work ever so much. for Il
asks that I shall always have my wits
about me. very like the boxer who.
though ne is winning by ever so many
points. has always 10 be on the look
out for swinging right that might
knock him out
Has Lost Most II His Money.
'T am now % years OF age, and fine
that 7 have lost the better part OF the
fortune that I made. Ny earnings
when 1 left London after my contest
with "Gunboat" Smith-rememberin
the contracts ] had and the possibilities
open to me-would have probably to-
tailed anything up to 10000 or 1900
pounds. (S50.000 or $4,000 a year.
For two years ] have earned moth
ing I am in the same positicn-per-
hapS not as bad-as thousands OF my
countrymen- Much have I lost
When I was earning thousands Of
pounds in a night I put my money by
Invested much Of il in the coal mines
at Lens. which is my home, and where
] worked as q little boy until Fran
co.'s Descamps took me out into the
world TO box for a living. Ny invest
have made me rich man. but now
they have gone. FOR the Germans have
had the mines in their hands for some
all that time I have not heard directly
from my father or mother or two SIS
tiers, who are shut up in Lens
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
TROOPERS WIN
EXCITING CAME
18th Cavalry Wins Over the
Penn. Artillery By a
Score of 6 to 3.

There was a good game IN the Army
league on Friday. for a change. the
18th Cavalry defeating the First Penn
sylvania Field artillery. S 70 5. Al
though not lacking in errors. the game
was fast and exciting. being in doubt
Up 10 the last inning The cavalry
would have had the game cinched from
the first. probably. the gunners being
handicapped by the absence OF some
OF their best men. but the poor field
ing OF the team let in the runs right
at the first. Both Boland and Rapp
pitched fair ball. the former getting
ten strikeouts and the latter seven.
One OF the features OF the game was
4 ho--s -un in the early part Of the
game by Zrilan, when he put q ball
over the righl field fence Score:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Mrs. Brannon Trains Sec
ond Team While Husband
Takes Care of the First.

rONESBORO. ARK. Oct Three
is located in this town the only col
y lege in the country having a wom-
an for 2 fun Pledged football coach.
she is Mrs. Earl W Brannon. wife Of
the coach OF the Jonesboro Agricultural
college football team Mrs. Brannon
had been assisting her husband. but
this year she VIII coach a team OF her
own She viii have fun charge OF the
AEgie preps' team and will be the sole
guide and board OF strategy OF the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

eleven Brannon is shown in the pic
ture a the right The other two are Of
his wife.
Here is what her husband SAYS Of
her
She broke in as a scout. when 1
sent her TO scout some formation OF
prospective rivals in their early sea
son games She showed me that she
knew inside football as well as any
OF my assistants
Last season she helped TO plan our
offence and defence for every same
and showed an Uncanny ability in pick
iEE the weak places i'm formations.
shifts and plays.
She Has an Assistant Now
This year she viii have a regular as
sistant who viii teach her players the
rudiments of the game. such as block
ing. tacklins. charging, passing, punt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

ing and kicking. She will contribute
chalk talk explanations to this work.
beside planning and organizing the
team play.
she will have complete charge OF
the preparation OF her team for the
seven games which are upon the sched-
ule-
During the last season. which was
very fortunate one for the Aggie. Mrs.
Brannon was fun fledged member Of
the board OF strategy. Her insight into
the possibilities which developed during
the season. was by far the keenest OF
any OF nv assistants
She appeared on the field regularly
and helped direct prsStice- It was i'm
possible. Of course. for her to demons
trate the rudiments OF the game. but
she was very adept IN explaining clear
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

" the fundamentals as well a. the In
tricate points
she's There on style
aF4e- ideas are very clearly defined as
10 stvIe OF game It is needless 10 say
that while her style is very mucn the
80 az that r1sed bv me. nevertheless
She is distintive in many departments
OF the sport: so much so that the second
team. which she will coach this year
viii robabply play a different game
from the first team
..She will have an assistant coach who
will demonstrate such rudinents as
tacI<Iing. blocking and charging She
will direct the team both on defence
and offence during the scriulmage prac-
Continued on page 20.i
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
ANOTHER PENN STATE NAV
FAILS INTO RAVNFn VTy

State College. Pa Oct. Another
first-string player at Penn State has
gone over to the ineligibles because
OF scholastic troubles Painter, the
varsity center Of last years eleven.
has fallen under the faculty ban. and
he told resident coach Harlow 10 look
for another pivot man TO MI his
shoes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Southwestern Wrecking Co.

Mining. sIin and Power Machinery
We give your orders our immediate
antee every shipment
1I5 Durango st. Phone $50
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

Sumary-Two base hit. Marx; three base
hits. Lyons. Ellis: home run. Milan; strucE
out. By Boland 10. By RRpp = first base On
balls. of Bolsnd ?. of Rapp :: first base
on errors First Penna- s. nth Cavalry b
left on bases. First Penns- Z. nth Cavalry
4. double plays. Boland 20 Lyons to Mark
passed balls. Covzl I. Duck 2: time OF game.
1-40: umpire. Benjamin; scorer. Gsrnaine-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

There was IN Old rOOter in Maine
who never had been on a train.
He frequently bOasted
He kept himself posted
DiEe.gtfng the works of sam Crane
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-16
DELvES INTO GASOLINE
FEDERAL COMMISSION CALLS OIL
MEN AT INQUIRY.
Representatives Of Standard and So.
Called Independents to Explain
Their Cases.

Washington, June 12.-Inquiry into
the advance in the price Of gasoline
was begun by the federal trade COM
mission, with representatives of the
principal oil producing concerns on
hand ready to testify. The commits
sion already has completed prelfm-
mary tabulation and analysis of the
data collected by it on the gasoline
situation and the present hearing
marks the conclusion of its investiga-
ton.
Commissioner Harris presided and,
appearing before the commission to
explain their side of the case. were
representatives of the Standard Oil
companies of New Jersey, New York
and Ohio, the so-called independent
refiners of Ohio, New York and Penn
sylvania and the Western Oil Jobbers
association. The commission was pre-
pared to inquire, among other things
into the alleged failure of the Standard
Oil companies to compete with one
another and into the reasons for wide
price variations in different parts OF
the country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-16
GIRL AIDS oRPET DEFENSE
Josephine Davis, Friend Of Marion
Lambert, Declares "Spite" Led
Her to Say Untruths.

Waukegan, ILL.,, June 14.-Josephine
Davis, nineteen years old, the closest
chum Marion Lambert had, went on
the stand on Monday as witness for
the state and stepped down a witness
for the defense.
Here is what Josephine Davis said:
That Marion Lambert was not al
ways happy; that she nursed secret
sorrow; that the night before the
tragedy, when Josephine spent the
night at her house, Marion appeared
confused and not carefree and happy
when she finished talking with Will
Orpet over the telephone.
That she doesn't know who sent
Marion the capsules she had in Jan
airy; that she testified before the
grand jury that Will Orpet sent them
because she then felt spiteful toward
him because of the death of her high
school chum.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-16
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

London, June 1O.-A Reuter- dis
patch from Amsterdam says that a
statement has been issued from the
Dutch army general headquarters say.
ing the army is thoroughly prepared
and equipped for any possible war
Washington, June 10.-Exports Of
the United States in April were $780,
100000 and imports $217,000,0O0, as
compared with exports in April, 1915,
of SEAS, 100000 and imports of $780,
O0O, 900, the bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce announced.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-16
THREE RAIDERS ARE KILLED
Ranch in Texas Wore Car
rama Uniform.

Laredo, Tex, June 14.-One Of the
three Mexican bandits killed in the
chase of outlaws who made raid on
the T. A. Coleman ranch near Laredo,
wore a Carranza uniform bearing the
insignia of Carranza lieutenant colo
mel, according to message received
here. One of the bandits taken pris-
oner identified the body at Webb, Tex,
as Lieutenant Colonel Villareal of the
CarranZa army.
Washington, June 14.--With 1900
additional regular troops ordered to
the Mexican border and reports of
the rapid spread of anti-American
feeling continuing to pour in from
consuls all over northern Mexico, ad-
ministration officials made no attempt
to disguise their uneasiness.
1t was officially admitted there is
growing alarm over what the agita-
ton may produce and the possibility
of an attack on General Pershing's
expedition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-16
RUSS TAKE 100000
sLAvs SEIZE HUGE STORES AND
MANY PRISONERS.
Drive of General Brrsiloff Through
VoIhynia and GaIicia Results in
Terrific Fighting.

Petrograd, via London, June 10
Continuing their offensive movement
in Volhynia and Galicia, Russian
troops on Saturday took prisoner 400
officers and $4,000 men, says the off,
cial statement issued here. The Rus
SLAMS also captured 80 guns and an
enormous quantity of booty.
The army Of General Techitskyn
alone, operating in the direction OF
Czernowitz, Bukowina, the statement
adds, overwhelmed the Austro-Hun-
garians and took $4,000 prisoners.
Since the present offensive was
started week ago the Russians have
taken about 100000 prisoners.