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Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Commenting on the Omaha bread case de-
cision. the Lincoln Star says:
There is something srotssaue In all ordinances
that seek 70 prescribe inexorabiy both the sizes OF
the leaves and the prices they shall command.
But the Omaha ordinance did not do tilt
merely prescribed the weight OF the loaf
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

The claim that music hath charms 20 sOothe
the savage breast" is supported by numberless
tests, But until its efficacy is proven by sooth-
ing the turbulent vocal spirit OF Omaha cam
Daisners, cautious spectators viii hold to the
Missouri exclamation.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29
CoIIeaEue quote. the RECORD.

Colleague Quotes the Record.
OMAHA. April $50 the Editor OF The
Bee; I see some would-be wise boy is Try
ing 10 take away from Ed simon the
credit dee him for the passage of the
mothers pension law simon introduced
that law. worked for a. fought for Il and
boosted for Il all through it's devious
passage through the committee and np to
and including the governors signature.
On page 7sT OF the house record on the
forty-aeventh day OF the 1918 session Ed
simon's name was specifically amended
10 that Law. II that does not constitute
being the father OF law. ] would like
&C. know what does I served with I'd
Simon. in the legislature and will say
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Relief maps OF the route from the entrance
OF the DardanelIes to constantinople show a
rugged. semi-mountainous country. hut with
enough cuItivable land to furnish the cemetery
necessities OF the trip
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Women artists as we'll as the men. show courage
in facing dangerous motion picture situations when
ever the director assigns thom TO some hazardous
role That by the way. Is an interesting element
In the motion picture business the desire OF the
artist to please the director IL young woman with
the real motion picture zeal In her is asked to appear
in photo-play as snake eharmsr, with real snakes
coiled about her the chances that she viii step
forward and do the thing Misnon Anderson did
when her director her for 'rhe star OF the Side
show"
Misnon Is Sc years old and weighs nInety-seven
pounds but she ha-ded rock python and black
snake from the Bronx Park Zoo like veteran These
hdeous sauirnin creatures could easily have crushed
her fran body with their great oonstreting muscles
Al another time. I'm spOrtlnE photo-plaS Miss
Anderson rode horse o5t from burning barn after
sitting on his back for minute with the Flames
all about her they real flames OF real barn
that burned for the occasionl before she could
make the frightened animal leave his stall Then ne
ran as all the devils the country after him,
grinding outside got the thrilling film that he wanted.
Again as heroine saving her dying father.
Mignon raced fast train IN automobile. speeding
IT up to ncty miles hour although she had only
a week to learn how TO DO the thing
Weren't you sfraidr' asked.
Il had no time to be afraid" she laughed, II was
too busy changing gears You see, had 60 let that
train beat me first ana then beat the train Il was
a neck and neck race"
"A real racer |
''Dldnt the people the train know about It in
advsnceT'
stretch parallel with the track and when the
regular passenger train came along started the
car and the camera man started his msshine"
II should be said In this instance that the man
assmsnt suggss.ed to Miss Anderson that an expert
chauffeur be allowed 20. impersonate her IN driving
the which would have been easy. thanks TO CAP
and goggles bat Mrrons sporting pride required she
race the train herself. and race It shs did
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Every visitor to Omaha is impressed With
the busting and busnesslike appearance OF the
city. II lie up TO those OF us who are permanent
residents here to make the most OF Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Wonder II our suburban neighbors realize
OF what they have deprived themselves by not
being annexed in time to mix in our city election
melee.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Florence and Benson may console them
selves by watching Greatey, omaha's smoke
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Cleveland also has scent water. Can any
one tell why Omaha has to pay 81 cents1
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

The starting point Of the women peace dele
gates is the declaration, I'VE are sisters" Yes.
and the men on both sides of the firing line are
brothers
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

No matter which side scores in the Syracuse
play. Harvard cannot lose. Plaintiff, defendant
and presiding Judge wear crimson colors.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Sun. as their own horn-blowers. these latter
day vote chasers are but faint limitations Of the
prototype. Mfs
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

It looks az II Florence we're doomed to be a
municipal orphan. at least for while.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

The mayor put the ball over the plate, but
the senator muffed t. Anything symbolical In
the play?
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Only four days more before the voting.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Another artist who has had many adven-
lures in motion picture work rs Carl Gregory veteran
camera man OF the Thanhouser company
"one OF the first big motion picture stunts re-
irsnber" he said. was when sent a White steam
autonobe at f speed over the steepest part OF the
Palisades ana let Il smash down with wicked noble-
man inside played by dummy. scoundrel who
had choked and beaten his and beautiful Ameri-
can Wife and had fiercey pursued her when she was
rescued by gallant American lover In his AUTOMOBILES
There were five operators With cameras ready wait
ing for the smash-up. one man at the top OF the
Palisades TO get the precipce. and four of US down
at the the shore Of the Hudson river with
our machines pointed at various steep angles When
we heard the director shout we began turning our
machines and each OF got section OF the fall
We had filled up the steamers tank with gasoline
IN the hope that Il would explode in the air It
turned over and. enough. IT. did. got picture
showing the automobile shooting straight out from
the rock wall then turning clean somersault, then
with a smash Of black smoke, blowing itself into
thousand pieces One OF these. heavy chunk OF
steel whizzed by my head and buried itself in the
ground We gave the wreck to policeman, who
sold It for So"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

subscibers leaving the city temporarily
Ahould have The Bee snailed to them. Ad-.
dress win be changed as often ~ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

There we're two things he could do to help his
chances he could provide the best kind OF barrel
20 carry him the falls and he could select an adj
vantageous point launching THIS barrel For weeks
he experimental with kegs. beer barrels and hogs
heads setting adrift from various points In the
river above the falls. from the American SIDE from
the Canadian side from this that island. and then
following their tumultuous COURSES and drawing what
conclusions he could from them, In some cases ne
placed animals In the barrels-a cat dog, or
chicken 10 see n living creatures could through
that rage OF waters and survive. but they never did
This did not deter the enthusiast however. and be
proceeded 70 perfect his barrel which was mAde OF
ouarter.inch IRON plates with manhoe one site
and q heavy iron cover that could be bcfted in place
after Bobby was inside. TO make the craft water
tight Near one end was a hole about an inch IN
diameter stopped up by champagne cork with nail
driven through Il and cord tied to the nall so that
Bobby could pull the cork out from the inside and
perhaps get little air he found himself suffocatins
IA matter OF fact he touched this cork dur
ing the swift journey because he tainted away when
the barrel took SIS great plunge
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29
Deeds of Daring in Mo vies


clsVoland Moffstt IN American MagaHins =
N THE spring OF 1919 while George and Ernest
i williamson down IN the West Indies on their
submarine sharkiling expedition for the movies. as
already related they made motion picture studies
Of diver In q divers suit working At the bottom OF
the ocean and George Williamson posed quite often
for these pictures before motion picture camera
under the water
In the manner OF a professional. he put on the
helmet and ponderous costume and descended TO a
convenient wreck while two natives pumped air 70
him down the hose-and had their own motion pic
lures taken at the same time. Unfortunately, the
natives became so much interested In this picture
taking that at moment they quite forgot 10 pump
thus leaving George williamson fifty feet below the
surface with air TO breathe. Had not Ernest seen
the danger and eaped 10 the 10 IL likely that
Georges career would have ended suddenly for a
divers life goes out like snuffed candle " the air
hose fails
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Many other motion picture artists have had ex-
citing experiences at Niagara Falls but the film taken
on July %. 1871 by Walter Arthur, veteran camera
OF the Vagraph company, easily ranks as a
record of daredevil achievement here since Il shows
the actual passage the falls OF Bobby Leach,
the only who performed this feat and lived
10 describe his sensations And Bobbys description s
rather vague. since unconscious in his barrel
during most Of the trip.
For years before this great adventure Leach had
followed adventurous Aareer Snowman and
acrobat He had made mary balloon aseensons and
had dropped often parachute from the height
of two miles. He had dved from the great Suspension
bridge 2os feet hgh. that spans Niagara river, and
four times he had gone safely in specially COM
struoted barrel through the whirlpool rapids where
Captain Webb lost his life. Finally. after years Of
hesitation he made up his mind that II was possible
for go the great cataract In barrel and
live and. II 90. he Bobby Leach was the man to do
a. In vain his friends and his wife (she ran little
restaurant the falls, on the Canadian sde) tried
20 dssuade The thing could be done, he declared
and he was going 70 DO H. At this time Leach was a
whits-haired well over fifty.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-29

Another related TO me by Harry Benhann,
star OF the Thanhouser company, who was nearly
killed d few months ago while posing In "A Man
Without Fear" thrilling melodrama. In the course
OF which imprisoned by anarchists in the cabin
OF coal barge real barge that lay at New Rochelle
being used. Having burst his bonds. Harry crept
along the deck piles of coal and finally seeing
no other Of escape leaped upon great steam
coal shovel that Just swinging its black load
toward the shore; whereupon swede who operat-
ing the derrick and hosting machine, and who had
been watching the pursuing bandits with bullying
far lost his self-possesson that he pulled the re-
leasing lever at the wrong moment. and suddenly,
Benham at the top Of his flight felt the coal falling
away beneath him and found himself dropping down
with the load through the opened shovel Fran
tically he chung the timbers above him and yellei
to the swede who in his agitation. closed the
scoops violently that the actors wrigsling less
Just missed being sheared off by the massive Jaws
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
FOUR PERIODS OF TRANSITION
Georges Looks, From the introduction
to Adored One to the End Of
the Honeymoon.

He is a remarkably plain young
man. she wrote In her diary the first
day she met him. He has rather an in.
teresting face she said to her mamma
q month later as she decked her april
cOt-colored tea gown with the William.
Allen-Richardsons that he had just
sent her.
When she wrote TO her best friend
to give the news Of her engagement
she expressed herself thus: He has
not the regular featured dollish good
looks ! have always hated in mon. He
has a strong, characterize face and
magnificent eyes
"'You loveliest one!' she sighed, as
she poured out his tea at the third
breakfast Of the honeymoon. I could
sit and look at you forever
six months later. she observed to
her husband: i don't know whether
you're aware of 1t. George. but your
hairs getting most frightfully thin on
the top. and you're just about the last
mar in the universe that can afford to
60 bald
"A mans looks must not be Judged
by appearances."-From Stories
Without Tears" by Barry Pain.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Rupees!" James Paused and
Turned.

her heart a twinge. Her fingers tight.
ened upon the teak rail. Suddenly she
knew, and vas ashamed Of her weak.
ness. 1t was simply a remarkable
likeness, nothing more than that; II
could not possibly be anything more.
Still, a ghost could not have startled
her as this living man had done.
who is he?"
"A chap named Warrington. but
over here that signifies nothing;
might just as we'll be Jones or Smith
or Brown. We call him Parrot & Co.
He's always carrying that Rajputana
parrot. You've seen the kind around
the palaces and forts; saber-like
wings, long tail-feathers, green and
blue and scarlet. and the ugliest little
rascals going. This n is trained to
do tricks"
But the man." impatiently.
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26

drink from tie ole cold pure spring ct
home! Tea, coffee. and bottled soda;
nothing that ever touched the thirsty
spots in he throat.
She looked UP at the stars and thcy
looked down Upon her. but what she
asked they could not, would not. an
swer. Night after night she had
asked, and night after night they had
only twinkled as of old. She had trav.
eled now for four months, and still the
doubt beset Ter. 1t was to be a leap
in the dark, with no one TO tell her
what was on the other side. But why
this insistent doubt? Why could she
not lake the leap gladly, as a woman
should who had given the affirmative
to a man? With him she was certain
that she loved him, away from him she
did not know what sentiment really
abided in her heart. She was wise
enough to realize that something was
wrong; and there we're but three
months between her and the inevitable
decision. Never before had she known
other than momentary indecision; and
1t irked her to find that her clarity or
vision was fallible and human like thG
rest Of her. The truth was, she didn't
know her mind. She shrugged, and
the movement stirred the dust that
had gathered upon her shoulders,
"A are old lot Of dust; eh. Miss
Chetwood? l wish we could travel BY
night, but you can't trust this bloom
ing old Irrawaddy after shutdown
Charts are SO much waste-paper."
Il eve cease wondering how those
poor coolies can carry those heavy
rice bags" she replied to the purse-.
"Oh, they are used to it." %carelessly.
The great gray stack Of paddy-bags
seemed, in the eyes of the girl. fairly
to melt away.
by Jove!" exclaimed the purser.
There's Parrot & Coz" He laughed
and pointed toward one of the torches.
Parrot & Co.? l do not under.
stand"
That big blond chap behind the
fourth torch. Yes, there, Sometime
Ill tell you about him. Picturesque
duffer."
She could have shrieked aloud, but
all she did was to draw in her breath
with a gasp that went SO deep it gave
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Held on Robbery CHARGE,

Sioux Falls.-His posing as an inno.
cent b%ystander who desired to aid the
officers in running down some post.
office robbers did not save "Blackie'
Pat Attell, q young man. from being
arrested for being the leader Of the
gang Of three men who committed the
robbery. After a search extending
over the period since last October At.
tell was arrested a short time ago at
Alliance, Neb., through the efforts Of
the United States authorities OF South
Dakota, and now has been brought
back to this state pending his trial
at the next. term of federal court. He
is charged with being implicated III
the robbery Of the Edgemont postof,
flee on the night OF October 5 last.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Suicide a Mystery.

Sioux Falls.-Returning to her hone
on a ranch in Fall River county fror
a prolonged visit at Worthington
Mimi, only to be informed that tn
husband with whom she expected {.
be reunited was dead, was the expo
rience Of Mrs. Zeno Smith, who, witt
her husband, were former residents
OF W~orthington. The husband haf
committed suicide by hanging himsel
from the rafters in the kitchen of his
home. Just why Smith should have
ended his life when he would SO soor
have been reunited with his wife +
a mystery. He was 81 years OF age
and for about eve years himself anf
family had resided on the ranch. H
would have been able to make final
proof on his land next fall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
]. r. SLEDGE LIBERATED 6Y A
~CORONER'S JURY-klLLlNG
JUSTIFIED.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What 10 Going On Here and There
That Is OF interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Dako
IA and Vicinity.
" Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union news service.
Mitchell.-That Jesse T. Sledge
killed Charles Strebl in self defense
and under justifiable circumstances
was the verdict rendered by the cor
oner's jury after fifteen minutes de.
liberation.
That Strebl had been warned by his
slayer to cease his attentions to the
farmers daughter was brought out in
testimony given by Sledge himself be.
fore the coroner's jury.
From his cot in the hospital Sledge
told the jury that last July he had
demanded of Strebl that he leave his
girl alone. but that since that time
they had correspondent and met Sc.
cretly. He denied that there had been
a quarrel over this matter and related
the incidents surrounding the CORY
fight in the kitchen of the Sledge
home, which, one witness testified
looked as If II had been mopped with
blood.
Sledge declared hat he shot Strebl
only after the latter had emerged from
the pantry of the kitchen and snapped
an automatic revolver twice at him
Then, he testified, he seized the gun
he had wrested from Strebl and shot
StreDl had entered the kitchen masked
and with a gun in either hand. The
gun with which Sledge shot Streb!
had been taken by the slain man from
q shelf as he entered the house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
CHAPTER II.
A Man With a Past.


The oriental night air was stirless
It was without refreshment; 1t became
q labor and not an exhilaration to
breathe it. "A pail OF s~uffocating dust
rolled above and about the Irrawaddy
flotilla boat which, buffeted by the
strong, irregular current, strained at
its cables, now at the bow, nov at the
stern, not dissimilar to the last rock
ing Of . deserted swing. This ensa-
ton was quite p~erceptible to the girl
who leaned over the bow rail, her
handkerchief pressed to her nose, and
gazed i~nterestedly at the steep bank.
up and down which the sweating COO
lies swarmed like Gargantuan rats. A
dozen torches were stuck into the
ground above the crumbling ledge:
nhe saw the flames as one sees q
burning match cupped In a smokers
hands, shedding light upon nothing
rave that which stands Immediately
behind It.
She choked q little. Her eyes smart
"a. Her lips we're slightly cracked.
and cold-cream seemed only to provide
a surer resting place for the impalpa-
Bile dust. It had penetrated through
wool and linen and silk. intimately, IN
ID three baths = day had become !
welcome routine. providing It was pos
Hible 20 obtain water. Water. Her
tongue ran acEoGe her lip. Oh. fog :
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Kelly In South Dakota.

Sioux Falls.-A federal officer ar.
rived here with Rev. l.. g. Kelly, OF
Bonesteel. s. D.. who recently was ar.
rested in Sioux City for attempting to
induce young girls to pose for hin ir
the nude to provide illustrations for
his forthcoming novel, '"rhe Temp.
tress." The prisoner is wanted in
South Dakota under an old federal in.
dictment, charging him with sendine
Objectionable matter through the
United States mail. 1t is probable
that his trial Will take place durine
the April term Of United States court
in Sioux Falls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26

Every measure which concerns the
insurance business in the state passed
by the last legislature, was a good
insurance commissioner. The new
laws will not affect the insurance
companies adversely, according to
Mr.. Stablein, and the legislators ex.
ercised good judgment in the passage
OF insurance measures.
While sitting in a pool hall. playing
4 game OF cards. T. A. Bailey. a pho.
neer of Isabel, suddening bent his
head over. as if to sneeze. Remaining
in that attitude. a b%ystander playfully
slapped him on the back and cried.
Wake up. Dad" when the discovery
was made that Bailey was dead. The
body was shipped to Waukesha, Wis.
his old home, for burial.
Farmers to Be Benefited.
BrOokin gs.--Ten or more South Da.
kota counties are now making plans
to take advantage of the funds avail
able under the provisions OF the agri-
culture extension bill introduced In
he last legislature by Senator Isaac
Lincoln, of Brown county. Represent
atives from the following counties met
It the state college have already to
confer with President Perisho. w. A..
Lloyd, of the Department OF Agricul-
ture at Washington. and the county
agents and other extension men al.
ready at work in this state: Brown,
Butte, Dawson, Day, Clark, Douglas
Hanson, Lyman, Minnehaha q san
born.
After eating a hearty meal. n. =.
Lowell, aged II. a pioneer = an oid
soldier, died suddenly at his nome a.
Miller.
Marion may have q woma post
master. Miss Ray Kinkaid, . popular
Young woman, having announced her
candidacy for appointment to the pc.
sition. It is said her petition to the
nostmaster general is being literally
sgned by patrons Of the local postof-
signed by patrons Of the local postof.
tiyes have been actively identified
with democratic affairs here and In
this vicinity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26

Deadwood. - Joseph Woodward
Rouse, s%tepfather Of Mrs. Richard
Dunlap. of Central, died here at her
home. He had been ailing for som
time past, his illness being due to the
infirmities OF old age and his death
was not wholly unexpected. In point
Of years Of membership, deceased was
the oldest Mason in South Dakota,
having become a member of that fra.
ternity sixty years ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Little Child Shoot, s.,e

Raymond.-A sad accident occurred
at the Clark county poor farm when
the little 3-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Pat McCarty shot herself
through the heart with a revolver.
The child was playing about the build
ing when she wandered into the room
OF one Of the workmen. There lay a
revolver. and thinking that 1t was a
new plaything. the child picked it up.
The gun was almost Immediately dis.
charged. the bullet entering the heart.
Mr. and Mrs. McCarty are old resi-.
dents Of Clark county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Creamery 10 Twenty Years Old.

Trent.-The Trent Dairy association,
held their annual business meeting ii
the fire house and the following off
GERS were elected: Asa Loucks. pres
ident: E. X. Axtell. vice president: A
]. Adron, secretary, with H. II. Choir
pening, Vet Wilkins. G. E. Dicky an6
Eugene Wedgewood on the board o.
directors. The creamery was organ.
lied twenty years ago and has i'm
proved and gained a wide reputation
for A-No. ] butter and the sale price
has always been a top notcher," anf
they have always seemed to give the
patrons satisfaction in every way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26
Dakota Divine Is Named.

Gettysburg.-Rey. John T. Brabner
Smith, a member of Dakota conferenre
md its official reporter for daily and
religious press, has been appointed
publicity agent of the board of claim.
.nts of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He was formerly pastor al
Gettysburg and Wagner, 8. D.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-26

Belle Fourche.-Believing he was
Using kerosene instead of gasoline.
Walter N~ettelborst, a widely known
attorney of S%undance. lighted a fire
n the kitchen of his home. An ex.
plosion resulted, which burned him so
severely that he died a few hours
later. He leaves a wife and three
daughters.