El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-22
Acrobatic Adventures of
Moving Picture Camera Men
Tumbled From Perches Driven From Roofs Charged by
Cavalry the Way Of the Photographers at Wilson
Inaugural Was Hard Cameras Lost in ScUffle.
Plump Venus Serves as Buffer-A
Bulldog Foe to Art

TEXT to president wilson himself
NJ perhaps the busiest men at the
- inauguration in washington
were some Of the camera men from the
various moving picture companies And
by the same token the most bedraggled
lot Of inaugurationists were these oper-
at0rs upon their return TO New YORK
Charles Travers, chief camera man
Of the Universal company, was about
the sOrriest sight of them all, with his
face scratched, hat puncJureo ana gar
ments ripped
sIt wouldn't have been so bad" said
TraVers. IF hadn't lost couple or
perfectly good teeth and a brand new
camera in the fracas- had planted
the camera on a corner that gave me
a fine view Of the capitol grounds
There I was cOmplimenting myself and
breathing easier than i had at any
bowling mob burst through the police
lines and fairly lifted me skyWard-
When i landed on terra Iirma again I
was feeling about as fit as a fellow
after a good WalOping-
Found One Piece Of Camera
AS soon as I could Dull myself to
Eether / looked about for my camera
7 found q small piece Of the box. but
that was all Imagine my predlcamenU-
The parade almost ready TO start and
not a sign Of a camera to work with
Luckily. my hotel was only short
distance away. and ] rushed there for
fluffy young person gave me savage
poke with an umbrella
Some Of the other camera men had
equally as thrilling experiences One Of
them selected a roof overlooking the
capitol He had no sooner planted his
camera. than a crowd Surged around
him and the camera toppled over the
edge Of the FOOL In another Few min
utes half a dozen bIEecoats came rush
ing TO the roof. and the photographer
was DRAGGED off to the station house
NJ hon Hnar o. uH IA n o.
plain
Billy Touper. a photographer for the
Animated weekly, joined small army
Of New York camera men on Bennsyl-
vania avenue Just before the parade
started Things were going little TOO
slowly for Billy, 50 he thought he'd
steal a mars Oh the others Bucking
Up courage. he pushed his way through
the crowd and planted his camera
squareiy n the center or Inc avenue
A troop Of cavalry came along about
this time, and Just as poor Bill was
about to press the bulb he was caught
in the whirl and sent scurrying to the
PASSES Not Recognized.
Believe me- he told the others later,
its no fun being stepped on BY
bunch Of soldiers Those fellows
wouldn't stop II freight train passed
in front Of them"
What hurt the camera men more
than anything else was the fact that
the new administration showed them
no more consideration than the OrCi-
nary spectators Inere were passes 70
get them through the police lines, 70 be
sure, but after the parade got under
way few OF the passes were recognized.
The police were too busy with the
crowds to bother with the phOtOgra-
piers
I'll take Mexico for mine every
time" said TraVers of the Universal
Flying bullets are no worse than fly
ing clubs and infinitely easier 10 dodge
than hat pins and umbrellas in q mob
on Pennsylvania avenue during an in
auEuratiOn"
Harry Sousav while turning the
crank OF a motion picture camera sud
denly rot a blow on the jaw that