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Editorial and Magazine
Saturday, October Eighteenth, 1913.
Mayor Hunt
fAYOR HENRY T. HUNT of Cincinnati has a record that any man might
be prond of, and that will make a measure for other mayors until better
times when all mayors shall serve the people and promote the public
health and general welfare. Mayor Hunt's has been more than a business adi
ministration and more than a progressive administration, and it hasn't been
exactly what mayor Jones would call a golden rule administration but it has been
an administration of great common sense and very practical idealism.
For example the mayor had two strikes to handle. One was a street car
strike. Believing that the people of his city should not be forced to walk while
quarreling was going on over affairs not blameable on the public, he settled the
strike in ten days with remarkably small loss of property and no loss of life.
When the ice men struck, realizing that ice was a vital necessity in the hot
weather he seized the ice plants in the name of the city and had the city sell and
deliver ice until the strike was settled, offering the ice plants a reasonable rent
for their plants during the period.
He established tenement house inspection; ferreted out and destroyed nuisances
and sources of disease, in the packed tenement districts; appointed school nurses
and had school children provided with dental service when needed; and had in
spections of school children's food.
In the house of refuge he separated dependent and delinquent children and
gave them all a chance to go to school and to Sunday school.
He was relentless in pursuit of loan sharks.
He was stern and fair in rulings concerning disorderly houses and saloons.
Gambling was suppressed.
He undertook a scientific re-routing of street car lines, terminals and belt
Hues. He abolished grade crossings. He bettered the sewer system. .
He put the employes of the city on an ordinary business schedule, working
from eight until five instead of from nine until four. He sought to abate the
smoke nuisance. He played fair with public utilities and demanded that they fulfil
their contracts to the letter.
Mayor Hunt was elected as a Democrat but has not done much in politics
during his administration. The only real criticism made of him is that his course
is "in restraint of politics," for after such an administration there is nothing for
any citizen who likes peace and quiet and opportunity, cleanliness and honesty,
but to vote for him regardless of party lines. As we are all fond of politics and
Americans generally like to tee the party lines, it is disconcerting to have to give
up our best prejudices. Otherwise mayor Hunt is an ideal candidate.
Newspapers
'R. DONALD a Scotsman publishing
American than Americans in his
He prophesies that in the future
now do a telephone; that it will be practically a continuous service. Newspapers
or newspaper bulletins will be in handier form but will be issued hourly, day and
night. Airplanes will facilitate delivery of newspapers to long distances and
electric motors on special tracks will hurry news from place to place. Reporters
will go about with wireless telephones in their pockets, an ear piece bracketed on
their heads; pictures will be photographs in color; subscribers may take the paper
either in the form of an endless tape printed off all the time, or in phonographs
that they can turn on and off at will. Harry Thaw will be out of the
way and eugenics will be a worn out subject, athletics will take the place of war,
George Bernard Shaw will have killed hypocrisy dead, marriage will be perfect,
churches will be at peace, and the whole world will sing at its work.
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Boston is not the only city that has difficulty in the pronunciation of her
name. Outsiders consider Boston quite easy. It is St Louis, New Orleans, Los
Angeles, Spokane, Louisville, and Houston that are difficult. El Paso itself has
two more or less correct pronunciations. Ysleta gains several syllables in the,
mouths of strangers; and our bereaved sister city across the border has to suffer
being called Jewwarreezz by tourists who pass.
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Progressive cities are all having at least one policewoman now it is quite the
thing.
How Women
' OMEN rather like to tempt fate,
fate generally wins. Most women know enough now not to pour coal
oil on the fire, but it is partly the insurance companies that have made
them respect this rule. Another lesson which they need to learn right away is
not to go off on long, lonely automobile rides with men they know very little
about. The American girl is rather proud and defiant over going out without a
chaperon. She prides herself on taking care of herself, but it is tempting fate to
go too far in automobiles. Scarcely a day passes without new crimes against
women done in lonely places that the automobile so easily reaches and where all
help is impossible.
Another temptation to fate is for women to display jewels or money in public
places. The epidemic of purse and jewel snatching a few years ago in Washington
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was umiimuLcuij c i ""
snirnnnslv and wearing iewels as thev
by a period when a woman who had to
her pocket book in a brown paper bag so it looked like a pair or overshoes oeing
carried against a shower. Spencer, who claims to have killed 18 women, says it
was mostly for the jewels they wore.
Women are bitterly indignant over having their aigrets torn from their hats at
the New York customs house, but it looks like real poetic justice, for on account
of woman's vanity these aigrets are torn from the breasts of birds. Furthermore
they are the wedding garments of the birds, feathering out only at the mating;
season.
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Anyway Ireland has more money in the savings banks than she has had for
ten years.
A Father's Day
SOME sentimentalists are proposing to set aside the first Sunday in June for
Father's day, but one woman ventures the opinion that father has had
his day, it is mother's turn all around. Anyway this dragging family
sentiment around the streets is xather maudlin. To set aside a Mother's day
and wear a carnation to church, and a Father's Sunday and wear a rose, is worse
than nothing, it is mockery, if Moses has not been obeyed all through life and
one's father and mother honored by respect, obedience, and love.
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One-Sentence
GLOBE SIGHTS. I
(Atchison Globe.)
Always try to give your employer a
baker's dozen.
Very few men outside the peniten
tiary are as mean as a candidate's past
is painted.
A large majority of the people can
still be depended upon to send good
money after bad money.
It is also our theory that people have
vague notions about steady employment
until they try burning cobs as fuel.
What little counterfeit money the av
erage man gets he feels confident can
be unloaded on the unsuspecting street
railway company.
Women's hand bags vary a good deal
in size, but are always large enough to
carry such coin and currency as they
have with them.
Acquired on a vacation, the coat of
tan is. the most expensive wearing ap
parel It is better to whistle than whine,
but occasionally it is a good thing to
Talk Plain.
While a man may not be entitled to
any bad habits, he is apt to have one
or two.
When a freshman arrives in the col
lege town he knows about how a new
congressman reels in Washington, one
ho nad been both once informed us.
Of Cincinnati
Of the Future
a daily in London, is said to be more
views on the newspaper of the future.
people will put in a newspaper as they
Tempt Fate
but they learn with hard lessons that
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Philosophy
'foivted paragraphs.
(Chicago News.)
Only a wise man knows when not to
be patient.
Charity sometimes begins where re
pentance leaves off.
Jealousy is the tribute a woman
pays to a man's vanity.
The man who gets the most of It
may not get the best of it.
Much of the average man's generos
ity is due to a desire to show off.
Sometimes the man who prays long
and loud in public needs it most.
Anyway, a mere man can wear his
best hat in the rain without getting
the curl out of the feathers.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
(Philadelphia Record.)
It isn't every man who can keep his
end up when he can see his finish.
The only safe bet on a woman's ge
is that she is older than she thinks
she looks.
The man who is always sure he is
right is generally the one who can't
see beyond his own nose.
Many a fellow would get a good send
off if we could only be assured that he
wouldn't come back.
I Failure is often the result of a firm
belief that all things come to those
I who wait for something to turn up.
Police Reporter 34 Years
New Orleans Scvrspaperman, Here on
a Visit, Doesn't Think Youngsters
Can Put One Over on Illm.
AFTER being police reporter for 34
years, and still in the game, A. C.
Lindauer, aged 66 years, crime,
beat man of the New Orleans Pica
yune, does not think the "youngsters"
can "put anything over on him." "I
haven't seen any of the youngsters get
away with me," said Mr. Lindaur and
he smiled. The friendliness of the smile
and the twinkle in his eyes explained
ft.
Mr. Lindauer broke into the game
when there were no telephone ex
changes and when all copy was written
out in long hand and sent ud to the
printer, who did the editing.
Many "youngsters" now star report
ers, partly owe their success to Mr.
Lindauer, who is known in the news
paper circles of New Orleans as the
"dean." Of all the "youngsters" he
brike into the game. Mr. Lindauer best
remembers Johnny Hart. Johnny was
a messenger boy before Mr. Lindauer
took him in hand, but after that he
himself became a police reporter. Short
ly afterward he died of smallpox. In
return for the interest that Mr.
Lindauer took in him Johnny soon be
came his faithful friend land apt pupil.
If Mr. Lindauer "took a little time off,"
Johnny w&uld keep him posted and. he
could get back on the job if needed.
Johnny was the only one in the office
who knew the number of the "partte
lar" phone.
About 25 years ago, the time of Mis
sissippi valley railroad wreck some
distance from New Orleans, Mr. Lin
dauer went to the house where the
"particular" phone was. He left Johnny
on the job with Instructions to call him
if anything turned up. Mr. Lindauer
had not been there long before Johnny
called up and told him about the wreck.
There was just time to catch the train
leaving the station so that he could get
to the wreck, get the story, and get
back with it. Mr. Lindauer got tQ the
station just as the train was leaving
it. On the rear coach was George W.
Vandervoort, now secretary to the su
perintendent of police, of New Orleans,
James W. Reynolds. Mr. "Vandervoort
was then on the Times Democrat and
his rival. "Vandervoort smiled and Mr.
Lindaeur shook his fist. The train dis
appeared. "But this is where I had it on him."
said Mr. Lindauer. "I am a telegraph
operator. After the train left the sta
tion I went Into the telegraph office
and hung around. It wasn't lopg be
fore the operator on the other end of
the line called the local operator and
told him to get on the line as Mr.
was sending in his report of the
wreck. I walked out of the office to
the window, which was open. As the
report came- in I wrote it down- T gof
back to the office just as the city edi
tor was leaving.
"I have the story of the Mississippi
Valley wreck," I said to him.
" "Send it on up. I am going home,'
the city editor said. "I sent the storv
up and the printer edited it. I had
about a column and a half. If I had
not been a telegraph operator, I would
never have got the story.
"What became of Vandervoort?'
"He never did get the story. The
train he was on never reached the
nolnt of the wreck. The company ran
it over another line. Vandervoort did
not get back to town until the next
day. He never got a line on the
wreck."
Mr. Lindauer is here visiting his son.
W. A. Lindauer, who is in the auditor's
office of the Southwestern. His grand
son, W. T. Ingram, is in the mailing
department of the El Paso Herald. Mrs.
M. C. Poole, of Las Cruces. N. M-, Is
Mr. Lindauer's daughter. Before he re
turns to New Orleans he will visit her.
Since he has been here, Mr. Lindauer
has met every member of the local po
lice department.
"About 1C years ago I was an assayer
at the smelter here," said Charles E.
van Barneveld, chief of the department
of mines and metallurgy of the Panama
International exposition.
"This is my first Tisit to El Paso."
continued van Barneveld and I was
greatly surprised and impressed with
the growth and improvement of El
Paso. During my residence here El
Paso was known as a "wide open"
town, with its tough saloons and dance
halls.
"To my mind the El Paso of today
is more pleasing, with its orderly
aspect and principal asset, in its local
laws, that the saloon Is closed at 9:30
p. m. and on Sundays.
"I am on my way to attend the Na
tional Mining congress which is being
held in Philadelnhia. The Panama ex
position Is progressing rapidly and
many of the exhibition palaces are fill
ing up with exhibits."
"The dull season is beginning to give
way to livelier business," said William
G. Walz. treneral manager of the W. G.
Walz Company. "The tightness of
n-.onev has had a noticeable effect on
WteVthlS se'emfto
be an easinsr of conditions from a fi
r.ancial standpoint. Our dealers In the
southwest are placing their winter
orders for stock and we are being
kept busy filling them."
"We are planning to give the people
of El Paso the best there is in the
theatrical line- this season at the El
Paso theater, besides keeping up ths
standard at the Crawford," said Frank
S. Frickelton, manager of the Trl-State
amusement company. "After Julian
Eltinge. comes 'Officer 666 at the El
Paso. The few shows which have al
ready played1 here have pleased local
theater goers, I believe, and we are
going to keep the ball rolling."
"I have been reading the troubles of
Helen and Warren in the Herald for
the past three years," said Mrs. V. Car
rothers, of Fairview, Mexico, who is
spending a few days in El Paso. "I
think it Is the best piece of character
portrayal that I have read, but what
has become of their little girl? I don't
want nvth!nr to hannen to tho liftlo
girl without being told about it, and 1 I
haven't read a word about the little '
girl or Pussy Mew for the longest time
Has th mithor forirr.rtftn Ti paro .i
little girl to Helen and Warren, or !
why has she dropped her out of the
story?"
Big Feeling
By Walt Mason -
How trying is that haughty gent who's
all swelled up with self content each
blessed minute; who arrogantly stares
you down, and seems to say: "I own
the town, and all that's in it!" He
struts along the village streets and
doubtless thinks the folks he meets are
him adorinc; he might come down two
pegs or three if he could hear them bit
terly his follv scoring. No man should
swagger till he's shown he occupies a
place alone, won bv his labors; till he
has gained such great renown he has
excuse for looking down upon his neigh
bors. And men who win that sort of
thing have too much sense to strut, by
jing, they're meek and humble; thev
know that those who swell around witii
eyes too high to see the ground will some
day stumble. Not wealth or fame or
boundless power should swell our bosoms
for an hour we are but mortals; the
sextongets ns all at last, and when our
little jaunt is past, the gray world
chortles. One stiff that's buried in the
mold is just as stark and just as cold
a sanv other; the Kg man, planted, has
no edge upon the pauper bv the hedge,
his little brother Copyright, 1913, bv
George Matthew Adams.
I ABE MARTIN
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A lazy woman alius wishes she wuz a
man. Anything that haint above th'
average these days haint worth havin'.
Nebuchadnezzar
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good Old SlTrash-"
NEBUCHADNEZZAR was a king of
Babylon, who flourished intermit
tently about 2500 years ago. At
present, Babylon consists of a deserted
stone pile, in a mournful region where
rain falls only during leap years, but at
that time it was a great and enterpris
ing city, with walls 100 feet thick and a
night life which would make Xew York's
seem straight laced and dull in compar
ison. .Nebuchadnezzar according to the pic
tures which were carved in Babylon by
the leading magazine illustrators of that
la3 was a tall king, in a long silk dress
ins gown, and a beard made out of
twisted manila rope. He was a great
general, and whenever his scouts brought
in word that a rival nation had been dis
covered he would sally out the Baby
lonian militia and annex that nation in
a manner which made the undertakers
the moneyed class of the entire country.
He conquered Egypt and won great vic
tories at Carchemish, Tyre and other
places whose names have long ago gone
onto the scrap heap of history. He also
beseiged Jerusalem, and took the citi-
"Nebuchadnezzar tried to feed him to
the lions."
zens to Babylon. This was his great
mistake. Among the citizens was Dan
iel, who was a prophet and a man not
pestered with fear. Nebuchadnezzar
tried to feed him to the lions, but Dan
iel treated them with quiet contempt,
and told the king that his empire
wouldn't be worth 4 cents a pound for
junk before he was through with him.
This worried Nebuchadnezzar so much
that a reat change came over him, and
for seven years he roamed about the
fields, eating hay and declining the
services of a barber or manicurist. When
he recovered he was "pensive and nerv
ous, and started violently whenever
Daniel's name was mentioned.
Nebuchadnezzar was a great builder.
He was also the greatest gardener of
antiquity, and the hanging gardens of
Babylon were more famous than Central
park is today. But he lost his greatest
chance for fame and riches when he wan
dered for years through the fields, the
original breakfast food man, and didn't
60 much as invent a name for his diet
and put it on the market, Copyright by
George Matthew Adams.
G O O P S
By GELETT BURGESS
HENRY TABER
If you must kneel
upon '" ; seat
Of trolley cars,
PLEASE watch your feet!
Dcn't be a Goop
- like Harry Taber,
Who rubs them on
his next-door neighbor.
He doesn't mean to,
but his boots
Have soiled a dozen
clean, new suits!
Done Be A Goop!
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Eliminating the Rubbish
New York's Fre Department Em
ploys Experts to Teach Public
the Value of Cleanliness.
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(Continued from page one.)
leave matches lying around, not to fail
to look twice at anything resembling
the beginning of a fire, or to fail to
notify the chief of the fire department
of anything you may 3ee which is dan
gerous and liable to cause fire. "Re
member that every day Is fire preven
tion day.
Fire Prevention Day Urged.
The national board of fire under
writers urges governors and state fire
marshals to set aside a fire prevention
day in which every possible effort shall
be made teaching the people at large,
including factory workers and school
children, how to minimize the danger
of fire as well as how to suppress and
eade it. The governors are urged to
appoint such a day by proclamation,
calling attention to the enormous an
nual fire waste in this country, and
urging the citizens to take steps to
reduce it. Appropriate exercises can
be held in the public schools. This day
can be in conjunction with the "clean
up" day which Is now becoming so gen
erally popular. It can be explained,
that the cleaning up of rubbish is a
most effective means of fire preven
tion as some of the greatest conflagra
tion upon record have caused by the
dropping of a spark upon a pile of dry
leaves, paper, rags or other trash.
Vow Vftrlr FlImlnnfiMi TtufilifTi.
I The city of New Tork organized Us
fire prevention bureau two years ago
as a part of the fire department. An
I appropriation was made for the em
ployment oi experts ana an experiences
deputy fire chief was placed at Its head.
The elimination of rubbish was the
first step Thousands of orders were
issued compelling owners and tenants
to clean up neglected corners. "Smok
ing prohibited" signs were tacked in
all large non-fire proof buildings and
steps were taken toward enforcing this
rule. The remedying of dangerous ex
its was taken up and last year over
1800 orders were issued calling for im
provement in this direction. Fifty thou
sand placards emphasizing the danger
of careless handling of matches and in
structing housewives how to fight In
their homes were distributed through
out the city.
Incendiarism Is Investigated.
An exhaustive investigation of in
cendiarism and its connection with the
fire insurance of the city was also
made. This proved that at least 25 per
cent of the fires of the city were due
to this cause, and a sudden cessation
of fires In certain localities followed
the publication of the report upon ar
son and the subsequent conviction of
a large number of firebugs, crooked
adjusters and agents, upon the evidence
furnished by the men who conducted
the investigation. It was shown that
some fire insurance companies made
no prior Inspection upon ordinary
household risks. Policies amounting to
$127,500 were obtained upon- a small
collection of household junk actually
worth less than five dollars. A bill cor
recting this insurance evil was pre
pared for the legislature. Although It
was defeated last year Its Influence has
been strongly felt and its ultimate pas
sage is probable.
Croker Devotes Himself to "Work.
Ex-chief Edwin F. Croker of New
Tork, was so affected by the lack of
preventive measures taken in the Tri-.
angle shirtwaist factory when 150 girl
workers lost their lives despite the
most valiant efforts of the fire de
partment that he gave up his office to
devote his time wholly to fire preven
tive work. He claims that nine out of
every ten great fires could be readily
exuii&uisueu uy any person during ms
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iirst live or ten minutes 01 tneir ex
istence. After that they could be ma
terially held In check until the arrival
of the fire department If only those
who were present knew how. All
tires are small at the beginning. They
May come from gas, rats' nests, oil
soaked cotton, exposed electric -wires
and hundreds of other causes, and may
smoulder for hours before" breaking
into flame. If every individual -would
constitute himself a committee of one
to extinguish promptly any little
smouldering fire as soon as found, hun
dreds of large fires would be prevented
each year.
Careless Methods in Homes.
The laws governing fire prevention
in all large buildings have received
much greater attention than have those
for private homes. In view of the care
less methods which prevail in most
households In America the wonder is
not that-fires are so frequent but that
they are so rare. Each day fires oc
cur in houses from the careless use of
gasoline. In Washington city a few
years ago a woman was disfigured for
life, a plumber was killed, and a fire
which demolished three houses, started
because some oriental rugs had been
cleaned with gasoline in an upstairs
room. The room was left closed and
the day following a plumber was en
gaged to make some repairs. He en
tered the room with his lighted stove
and an explosion and fire resulted. In
some cities now the street cars are
placarded with the advertisement of a
non-inflamable cleansing fluid bearing
the words "For safety's sake give us
gasoline." Tet until some legal re
striction prevents the sale of gasoline,
excepting for specified purposes, the
dangers from its use in the home will
continue.
Many fires have originated from
spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked
rags used for cleaning floors-or furni
ture. Water is a foe to fire but damp
ness Is not. because It aids the com
bination of oxygen with inflamable
material. For this reason such rub
bish left in a damp cellar may fre
quently start a fire. In a record of fire
causes kept in Rochester for two
months, nearly a fourth of them were
caused by candles, lamps and matches.
The Christmas tree candle has wrecked
thousands of homes and many more
have been burned by fires caused by a
loose curtain blowing against an un
protected flame.
Mnterials to Be Tested.
Greater care In the selection of ma
terials used In building as well as in
planning buildings with a view to min
imizing their fire area, are among the
most important fire preventive meas
ures to be put into effect In this coun
try. One reason for the large number
compared to Europe Is that buildings
terial. In some countries they are j
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so plentiful as It has been here. It is
now possible to construct buildings of
concrete or noiiow tiles In this country
as cheaply as of wood, and those about
to build should carefully consider their
advantage In fire prevention.
The national board of fire under
writers has established laboratories for
the testing of all kinds of material
as well as appliances used in modern
buildings. Any manufacturer can have
his product tested by them and if ap
proved be furnished with a certificate
to that effect. The laboratories have
tested all kinds of building materials,
skylights, lighting fixtures, liquid fuel,
heating, cooking and welding appar
atus, electric wiring apparatus, waste
receptacles and the like.
Sunday: Fire Protection.
POLICE ARE ENFORCING THE
AUTO TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
Arrests are following the notice that
the traffic ordinance would be rigidly
enforced. Six were made Friday af
ternoon. Judge Ballard Coldwell. of
the corporation court, fined E. E. Neff
and R. E. Ramey. $5 each on a charge
of not parking their automobiles closo
enough to the curbing Martin Valdez
and Roberto Ravilla. were each fined
i lor making the wrong kind or a
turn and Iwmit on the wrong side of
tne street
Tho rasrs of Frnnk Eric. J
Harr Alh.
in. '-, . nrt ra d Wnlker. who 1
'.v t, il c.n 1 oh-rv:p of violating I
in.tr. p, -will come up later.
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"This Is My Birthday Anniversary"
OST of us feel a glow oi satistactwn at being connected with some
one who has won laurels in
TIip El Paso bovs and girls
of this fact, may link their names with that of Helen Hunt Jackson, best
known as the author of "Ramona," that interesting book written after she
had been made commissioner to examine into the condition of the mission
indians of California. Mrs. Jackson was born on October 18, 1831.
The list today includes:
Muriel Foster, 17.
Harold Ayer, 10.
Ethel Norman, 8.
May Barrow 16.
Wilton Still was 10 years old Friday, and Dudley Wallen was 4.
A ticket to the Crawford theater, good for any evening or Saturday
afternoon, is waiting for every boy and girl in the above list at The Herald
office. Ask foij "Miss Birthday."
Germans Celebrate Battle
Napoleon's Defeat at Lelpslc 100
Years Ago Was Due. to the
Patriotism of Blucher.
By Itev. Thos. D. Gregory
THE "Battle of the Nations," as
the great contest at Leipslc is
often called, took place just 100
years ago today October 18. 1813.
It is well called the "Battle of the
Nations," for in it was represented
nearly every European country, and
the Issues there decided told, dlrectly
or indirectly, upon the whole conti
nent, yes, upon the whole world.
Even as a battle, Lelpslc was a stu
pendous affair, outranking nearly every
other battle of modern times. Napo
leon had 160,000 men. who were op
posed by the allied forces of Austria,
Russia and Prussia. 249.000 strong.
Greatly outnumbered as he was, how
ever. Napoleon's genius brought him
very near to victory: and but for the
fact that 17 battalions of his Saxon al
lies turned upon him in the very heat
of the conflict, he would have won the
day, notwithstanding the great odds
against him.
As it turned out. Leipsic was a crush
ing defeat for the "Man of Destiny."
He lost 40,000 in killed, wounded and
prisoners, 65 pieces of artillery and
many standards; and. worst of all. he
had to give up Leipsic, which, from
the strategic standpoint, meant so much
to him.
The results of the battle were far
reaching and decisive. It meant the be
ginning of the end of Napoleon's rule
in Europe. The first abdication really
dates from the fatal day of Leipsic
Leipsic meant Elba. From the blow
that day received Napoleon never re
covered. And Leipsic meant a free Germany.
At Leipsic Jena and Auerstadt were
more than evened up. It is no wonder
that today alt Germany is aflame with
enthusiasm, wild with Joy. as It cele
brates the one hundredth anniversary
of the battle. Germany cannot cele
brate too heartily, for all that the em
pire is today it owes to the victory of
Leipsic and, let it not be forgotten, to
the bulldog tenacity, lion like courage,
and incorruptible patriotism of the
rough but grand old war dog Blucher.
14 Years Ago Today
From The Herald This Date 103.
L. McDermott.
of
Chihuahua. Mex..
of Sierra Blanca.
is in the city.
Mrs A S Riishnn
a 15 fn the CitV.
I . -r". - r- .-
Albert Bristol left
for Cheyenne.
Wyoming, this morninc
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Gillespie this morning.
E. H. Anthony, cattle buyer, came in
this morning on the Santa Fe.
T. T. Wells, who is In charge of the
railroad mines at Salado. N. M.. is in
the city.
G. E. Ayer. assistant superintendent
of the Santa Fe. "went to Las Cruces
this morning.
President C. B. Eddy, of the White
Oaks line, returned this morning from
a trip up the line.
Frank Taylor is making arrange
ments to purchase an interest In the
Monte Carlo saloon.
Col. Jim Wilson, who has been in
the city several days went out on the
T. & P. this afternoon.
Mrs. B. T. Lewis, wife of the chief
clerk to the general manager 06 the
Mexican Central, came in last night.
W. R. Brown, traveling freight and
passenger agent of the Santa Fe. went
west this morning into the Arizona
Territory.
The High Five club will be enter
tained at tho home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Adkin. on Mesa avenue. Saturday
afternoon.
C. C. Rees is away on a business
trip to Denver and Chicago for the
purpose of purchasing stock for the
coming season.
The next meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal church delegates whlcn re
cently closed In Raton. N. M.. will be
held in El Paso.
C. R. Morehead and Alfred M Win-
berg deeded to J. A. Marques lots 15
and 16. in block 58. Campbell's addi
tion, for a consideration of $300.
W. B. Carroll and Miss Jennis M. Jarols
were licensed to wed in the county
clerk's office today. A license was
also issued to Thomas Houghney and
Miss Kate Saunders
The Campbell Real Estate company
deeded to J. I McAfee lots two. three
and four in block 84. Campbell's ad
dition, and lots 17 and IS in block
150. for $150.
The work on the White Oaks moun
tain line from Toboggan to a point
four miles bevond Cloudcroft is pro
gressing rapidly. The contractors ex
pect to be through by Dec. 1. and, the
officials ot the road expect that the
work will be completed by the 7first
of next year.
Important changes will be made In
the free delivery svstem of the post
office in this city if the citv council
will number each house and Dut up
street signs. H. A. Bell, of the New
Orleans division ot the oostoffice de
partment, is in the citv Inspecting the
postoffice with a view of increasing
the number of carriers If the city au
thorities will carry out the plan as
suggested by him.
ARIZONA OFFICIALS
SEND RESIGNATIONS
District Attorney Joe E. Morrison and
U. S. Marshal Charles E. Ovcrlock
Forward Documents to President.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Oct. IS. At the same
time that Joe E. Morrison forwarded to
Washington his resignation as U. S.
district attorney for Arizona. Charles
Overlook, of Tucson, sent along his
resignation as U. S. arshal. Both
were requested to resign. In order that
good uemocrats could oe appointed to 1
the positions. , I
In Morrison's case the good Demo- I
crat" is Thomas A. Flynn. of Flag- '
staff. In Overlook's it Is Joe Dillon. 1
a citizen of Prescott and now a clerk I
in the supreme courut of Arizona. Both !
union ana fiynn are close iriends ot
senator Henry F. Ashurst.
It is not known whom the three su
preme judges will appoint to fill Dil
lon's resignation, but it is reported
that they are considering the claims
of James Pitts, Ashurst's brother-in-law.
ASSESSMENTS AGAINST DENVER
UTILITIES COMPANIES SUSTAINED.
Denver. Coso., Oct IS. Judge John A.
Perry, in the district court here- to
day, sustained the assessments levied
by the state tax commission acalnst
the Denver Gas & Electric Light com-
1 nv ana tne ienver t'ii Tramwj
compan . which the citv commissione
rd ti.daorcd to reduce.
Tramway
rs
almost any iield of human endeavor.
who were born on October 18. because
Hermine Meece 13.
Willie Hargrove, 10.
Ruth Rawlings, 12.
Mary, Fans, 13.
Little Bobbie and His Pa
Willie Garrison's Pa Gets the Best of
It in an Eating Match and
Bobbys Pa Gets Sick.
By William F. Ivlrk
PA took me to a clam bake last linn
day. It was the first clam bake
that I had ewer went to, & I aint
gding aggenn until my stummick gits
bigger. I ate too much & so did Pa.
Pa toald me that we had to hurry to
git to the clam bake, beekaus one grate
trubbel with them affairs waa that
thare was newer enuff to eet to go
around. Thare is always a few glut
tons cums to clam bakes that eat as
much as six men. Pa sed, & thay are
usually the first ones thare. The last
clam bake that I went to. sed Pa. I
got thare a littel Iait. & all thare was
left for me to eat wen I got thare was
a few cold potatoes & four cold clams.
All the nice chicking & lobster was
gone, sed Pa. Hurry. Bobbie.
I walkea as fast as I cud go & wen
we got thare we had a lot of time. The
bake hadn't started at all, & thare was
only about twenty men thare & ane
other littel boy besides me. His naim
was Willie Garrison & he was thare
with his father.
Axe you going to eet lots? I asked
him.
I am going to eet almost as much as
my father, but not quite, sed Willie.
My father's naim is George & he can
eat more than any man in the county.
A Big Wager.
I bet he can't eat any moar than my
father, I sed & I bet he can't drink so
much.
He can eat twice as much as yure
father, sed Willie. Wait till you see
him eat.
So I went & toald my Pa what Willie
Garrison sed & wen the clam bake
hpeiran Pa started to eat & Mister Gar
rison started to eat too. I seen rite
away that Pa wasent in It with Mister
Garrison, but I knew that Pa wuddent
quit. Wen thare was nothing left but
the bones, we counted up.
Pa ate one moar sweet potato than
Mister Garrison, but that was beekaus
Willie's father didn't like sweet pota
tos at all & jest ate a few to keep Pa
cumpany.
Pa Was Silent.
I cuddent git Pa to say a word on tha
way hoam. He wuddent talk about any
thing. I sed it was a nice afternoon. &
all he did was to nod his hed. Ma
cuddent git him to say a word eether.
but I guess Ma was Kind or giaa tnat
for onst Pa had caim hoam full of thick
food. He was sick for three (3) davs,
hut Ma diddent skold him onst- She
jest called him her deer old stuffed
goose.
It makes a lot of differens to wtfes
what thare husbands fill up on.
MARFA PUPILS WILL
OBSERVE HALOWE'EN
Marfa, Tex., Oct- 18. The sisters of
St. Mary's school are preparing their
pupils for an entertainment to be
given on Hallowe'en.
Mrs. M. P. Mahon entertained the
Forty-two club verv delightfully on
Friday. Several visitors beside rlub
members were there. A dainty lun
cheon vas served.
Mrs. Robt. Love has returned to
Sierra Blunca.
Judge W. W. Bogel has returned
from El Paso.
H. B. Toung and F- Russell autoed
to Shatter.
Mrs. Mary Livingston is visiting her
son. Charles, in Alpine.
Miss Mary Kendrick has returned to
her home in Piano. She visited rela
tives in Marfa several months.
Wiley Moore and sons have gone
to Blanco on a brief visit.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C Miller, who spent
a couple of weeks In El Paso ara at
home again.
Mrs. Katie Elam. formerly of Marfa.
was married in Valentine to Jas. Baker
on Oct. 15.
Mrs. L. Oden. formerlv a resident of
Marfa. but now of Clint. Tex., was mar
ried at that place recently to James
Oden.
Miss Emma Burton is recovering
from a serious Illness of typhoid.
Mrs. W. Toung, sr.. has returned
from a trio to Sierra Blanca.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Felix and daughter
spent a week in El Paso.
Mrs. Oliver Blllingsly has gone to
San Antonio for the winter months.
Dr. H. M. Mahon's new cement bun
galows are nearing completion.
FT. DAVIS COUNTRY
GETTING BIG RAINS.
Fort Davis, Tex-. Oct. 18. Another
heavy rain has fallen here continuing"
for several hours and covering the en
tire county and surrounding country.
It will put the range in still better
condition. There has been no frost or
freezes, up to this date, and grass is
still growing.
DAILY -ELECOTjy
Bnilding Permits.
To Homan sanitarium, to build &
gr.rage; estimated value, $100.
To H. M. Maple, to make general re
pairs; Tihrd and south Oregon; esti
mated cost. $500.
Ysleta. Tex.; Isaac and Emilia Low
enstein to R. T. Wilson. 1.6 acres
Ysleta grant; consideration. $640; Oct.
9. 1913.
Orchard Park addition; L. M. Breck
and wife to W. T Smith, lots 27 and
28. block 2. Orchard Park: Sent. 27.
1S12.
Sierra. Blanca. Tex,: C. M. Eggles
ton to W. H. McDermott, lots la to 20,
block 10. Sierra Blanca: consideration.
5509; Oct- 11. 191S. )
Licensed to "Wed.
Nicalas Romero and Esther Barela.
Pablo Romero and Maria J. Garcia.
Automobile Licensed.
1786 Robert Carlisle. 1401 North
Kansas street; American motorcycle.
PIRTLEVII.LE CITIZENS
ARE CLEANING UP TOWN
Douglas. Ariz, Oct 18. Pirtlevllle. a
Douglas suburb, is undergoing a clean
ing up as the result of a meeting of the
Pirtlevivlle Improvement association.
The Arizona board of health. Univer
sity of Arizona, state medical associa
tion, committee for public health, com
mittee for education of women and
the American medical assoc ation have
combined for a series of lectur. 3
throughout the state during the mid
dle of Novembtr upon topics of health
preservation.