Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-20
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food which had been brought to mar
ket. Another important suggestion
made by the committee Is to estab-
lish q number of large stores capable
of supplying from $4,000 tot $4,000
persons daily, which. in the opinion
of the committee would greatly re.
, duce the cost Of distribution.
David Belasco ia again IN trouble.
Some dramatist unknown to fame.
| has sued him for an accounting and
royalties, charging that the play The
| Woman" which 'Belasco has produc-
ed and which is attributed to De
| Mile, the well known dramatist, con-
stituted a bold plagiarism Of the com.
~plainant's unproduced play. 1t APP
pears from the Testimony In the case
that De Mile wrote his play in 1908
and read 1t to a number Of friends.
while the play Of the complainant
was not copyrighted until September,
1910. To cut the controversy short,
Mr.. Belasco offered to have both
plays staged and produced at his the
ater on the same day to give the
court a chance to compare abe two
plays and to convince himself that
the charge of plagiarism was utterly
unfounded. After witnessing both
performances Judge Holt Of the fed
eral court will give his decision.
An ancient horsecar, drawn by
equally ancient horses, was moving
slowly up South street the other
morning. The horses nodded with
each plodding step, and the driver
nodded over the dashboard. Then the
! hook which held the w%hiffletree gave
way and the whifftletree pumped
against the hind legs of the horses.
The unwonted sensation aroused the
sleepy nags and they bounced for.
ward like colts, pulling the driver
over the dashboard. The horses
continued on a brisk gallop up the
street, to the greatest amusement OF
the people on the street. After the
horses had raced about a dozen
blocks they were caught by two pol
icemen and led back. Knowing that
their report of the incident would
not be relieved at the station, the
two officers tossed pennies to decide
which of them should tell the lieu
tenant at the station what had hap
pened.
There was another rather peculiar
runaway the other day, which, how
ever, may result in the death of the
driver. "A hearse was returning from
a funeral and had reached the Pros
pect i ark Plaza, Brooklyn, when the
horses were frightened by an auto
mobile. They dashed madly into
Prospect park. The driver succeeded
in stopping them and alighted from
the box to rearrange the bits, which
one of the horses had caught between
its teeth. While he was fixing the
! bit, the horses, already nervous, were
again frightened and ran away again,
with the driver hanging to the lines
After a hundred yards he lost his
grip and fell and one Of the horses
stepped on his face, crushing his
skull.
An old woman, of the militant sui
fragette type, caused considerable
commotion the other day in front o.
an upper Broadway restaurant by
haranguing the passing crowds in ia
vor of woman's suffrage. When a pol
iceman arrived upon the scene and
requested the suffragette to move
along" she became not only indig
nant but even abusive and, without
ceremony, slapped the officer in the
face several times. When the police
man tried to arrest her, she resisted
vigorously, but when the patrol wagon
arrived, she was quickly bundled in
while she was Kissing like an enrag
! ed wildcat.