The chronicle=news., 1914-09-05
ADVENTURES Or III
WHITE'EHE Tramp"
SNAPPED BY Movie

Inc adventures -Ot VIII luc
Tramp. the same being no other
than E. C.. .Whittiessy,, will bs shown
in moving pictures I'd every loyer of
mo oytG sGnmedy. ThiA Asfhprnine Il the
|tpcAl comedy was staged on; thA hnain
streets: the Wells Fsrgo cbaasdian
pulling off some 'lAugable ftuff.whuA
pedestrians wondered and 'fwers
amazed at the ffeakisl, actions Of ths
|krotsanue hobo Tho 6SpieAy was
arranged by the 6hanits Film Com
i}ahy OF Cincinnati.,i i;Ii =. q r
Following,is brief synopsis of the
story. A.tramp. in the person of E.
C. Whittelsey. manager Of the Wells
Fargo Express Co.. comes to town in
q eside-door Pullman. and proceeds
from one hack door to smother in
search Of something to .allay that
empty feeling caused by a nights
hard riding and nothing to eat the
day before. Fortune Is against him.
however, .and the search seems to bt
in vain.
Here the scene shifts to Kit Car.
son Park, and a Jolly picnic party is
shown. disporting themselves on tho
grass. Frank Dunlavy as usual, is
the center. of the glittering ring.
and Is RECALLING them with story. In
the meantime Whit" IN. his wander
inRs. spies. the merrynnakers, and pro-
ceeds to investigate. The ,investiaa-
tion, reveals large and Juicy pie
plseed in a'ma1tl tenn ottng position.
!, starEfank!s tale 10 evidently anus.
sag for H$AelfG ttss, ,atsentiou, Of the
listeners .t6Dh, Il sextent that the
tramp. sritA Abat bein8s 8ssesn by any OF
the party. sppeoaches.to 10 within .
short distance OF the group. The safd
pie seems to hold peculiar fascina-
tion for the ragged wanderer. He
advances stealthily upon it, .beholds
1t and sees that 1t is good. Without
further ado, he annexes 1t and starts
off down the road as If the rebels
were after him. e.. .4
Just at this ). critical juncture,
'Welch. the cook. discovers the theft
and sets up the hue and cry. .Judg-
ing from the a1acrity with which the
picnic gets up and goes, pie must be
one Of the principal ingredients of
an outing. Down the road they go.
the pie. the tramp and the picnic.
the picnic being in the rear. The
tramp leads them merry chase.
Through alleys, on; top of barns.
across bridges, anywhere and every
where that tramp flies. followed
closely by the painting chase. Slowly,
the infuriated mob gains on him
while every now and then the quarry
takes large and bountiful bite Of
the pie. He loses speed. but the
picture fails to disclose whether it Is.
due to the weight of the pie or the
excess energy of the pursuing picnic
Finally, the tramp. in his wild
flight heads up Commercial street.
and runs plump into the arms Of
officer Caskey, who demands an ex.
PLANTATION. He gets it from the iratel
picnickers and the closing scenr
shows the tramp behind prison bars
He appears to be tired, but not com
plctely' exhaused, for he still has en-
ergy enough to make war on the pie /
which is at hast shown to be rapidly
fading away.
This picture will be shown at the \
Rex theatre within the next ten days \
After that 1t will be presented to thu
city and WITH be sent probably to some
of the other cities of the state Those
taking an active part in the produc A
tion were w. w. Taylor, Mayor Dun.
lavy. j. r. Morgan. Frank Dunlavy
e. C. Wh'ttlesey, Mr.. Leigh, Harry
Weeden. Mrs. Mack Bell, Mrs. Fred 4
Clark. Mrs. F. R. Wood. Mrs. Jim
Espey, NJ. j. Goldsmith. The cas'
included about LOO others. B. L
Sharits was the. camera man.