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New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Alcoholic Bandit Dances
Jig as He Robs Merchant

A latter-day Robin Hood, whose
breath likewise reeked of the good old
days, tripped merrily into cigar store
at Eighth Avenue and Forty eighth
Street yesterday and did double
shuttle before the counter, twiring a
revolver by the trigger guard the while
and jingling to Michael Steinberger,
the clerk:
'sGimme da mon or | shoota da gum, "
Steinberger handed over the $50 that
vas in the cash register, and his en-
tertainer was on the point of departing
when an idea occurred to him. He
turned and, addressing Steinberger
with great solemnity, told him to re-
peat three times: q do not know you
and | will not remember you"
The clerk did so, and Robin Hood.
obviously convinced that his victim now
was hypnotized beyond power to iden-
tify him, tossed him three SIS bills and
departed with this final aamonition
remember, I'm pretty good fellow
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Leop From Brooklyn Bridge
Wins Bet and Mas Dinner
Ex-servicc Man Drops Off Rail as Police Crab for
Him, Makes Plunge Without Turning Emergcs I'm.
hurt: Phones Mt Vernon Home to Prepare Feast

With a wager and his life at stake.
Dane Carone, twenty years old, OF
1870 South Terrace Avenue, Mount Yer
non, n. Y, jumped from the rail of
the south driveway in the central span
of the Brooklyn Bridge at l o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
A few minutes after the perilous
drop, which was approximately 40
feet, taking into consideration the low
tide prevailing, the young man came
out of the water smiling and unharmed.
as If he had just taken a bath, and
telephoncd his mother:
81 won the bet, Ma, and you can go
ahead with the big dinner"
To a fellow-membcr of the Wahoo
Club, Of Mount Vernon, with whom
he made the bet. Carone said:
'Now, brother, if you have any more
money to spend let's make 1t Niagara
Falls next time"
Carone insists he is the only man
to leap from Brooklyn Bridge and sur
vive. He says he made similar jump
June IS, 1915. The distinction has
also been credited to the late Steve
Brodie.
Drops Feet First, Without Turning
The condition Of the wager was that
Carone make the descent. without turn
ing in space, as he says he did on the
previous jump. Yesterday Carone's
body, attired only in bathing suit and
shoes. plunged downward, feet first,
straight as an arrow. He swept his
arms backward and forward with a
circular motion to keep position.
There is nothing to it," Carone ex-
planned, as he slipped into his clothes
~ control myself as do the rudders of
an airplane. l experienced no diff
ferent sensation than if | had dropped
from a lesser height, only this time
seemed to be long while reaching the
water. The shock was not great.
figure the drop took two and one-half
seconds and that went under to a
depth of about thirty feet. Just now
feel as though l had done nothing
more than jump off the old bridge over
the Bronx River, which I used to do
as kid"
Two policemen raced to stop him
and hundreds of spectators gazed as
Carone poised for the long drop. Only
a few of his fellow club members were
aware Of the contemplated feat
Carone was taken to the bridge in an
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

a year ago and | remember warming
him Of its dangers. Since then I had
not thought Of it. Friday night he
saw the moving picture "A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthurs Court, in
which | am told there is q hanging
scene. This must have recalled his old
stunt and perhaps suggested some new
realistic detail by which he could
amaze his admiring spectators.
"As he lay in bed Sunday morning
he could see beam across the ceiling
which would be an ideal place to hang
from and try the new idea as special
treat for his little brothers when he
came home. He got up and looked for
his usual rope, but could find only a
4-inch wide strip of cotton cloth, which
had been used to tie up some mat
tresses. This he tied around his neck
as he stood on the floor and then drew
his feet up. He probably held his
tried to pull the knot, but the material
was such that it would not slip like
rope. And so the poor boy was actu-
ally strangled to death-purely as the
result of an innocent boyish idea. This
explains why his feet were resting.
freely on the floor And the bow Slip
knot was united only with great diff
Guilty, as the bow failed to slip
''1n view of the fact that had given
to the world my opinion that the boy
committed suicide and have thereby
cast blot on his memory I feel es-
pecially anxious to repair this damage
in so far as | am able The sudden
cessation of this young life is sad
enough in itself. Why blot his memory
with motive probably farthest from
his mind"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

automobile. He was already clad for
the venture
Tossing aside cigarette, Carone
climbed quickly to the rail of the
bridge, which affords standing space
of about two and one-half feet. The
policeman, some distance away, scented
that an advcnturer was about to break
the law against jumping from the
bridge, and many persons below, OBJ
serving the human speck poised on the
rail, believed they were to see suicide
enacted.
Lingers Until Police Are Near
Carone stood for moment testing
tho direction and force of the wind.
He waited until the police we're almost
upon him. Then he tossed his cap down
at them.
$50 long, boys" laughed Caronc,
stretching forth his arms and stepping
into space.
The police boat John f. Hylan,
passing below in quest of lawbreakers,
went peacefully on it's way down the
river, apparently unaware Of the drama
being staged overhead.
While the drop seemed long to Ca
rome it was but fash to the spec
onlookers observed was q tall spiral of
spray. Then Carone's head bobbed up
in the circlets of foam, and with a few
strokes the young adventurer had
reached the launch which friends had
waiting for him. He climbed aboard
without assistance, dried himself hast
lily and presently was on his way home
to mother and the "big dinner"
"This is a small matter, and nothing
to boast about" were Carone's farewell
words to the crowd, "but you can tell
the world learned to swim and dive in
the old East River, and that / am a
native of New York City"
Jumping and diving from great
heights is not new to Carone, who is a
marine engineer, possessing a first as
sistant's license. He says he has
jumped from London Bridge, height
~of more than 100 feet; from a great
crane at Glasgow, Scotland, 176 feet
high, and from the lofty masthead of
the Clyde Line steamship Katahdin, to
which he formerly was attached Dur
ing the war Carone served with the
naval mine planting forces in the North
Sea and was at Scapa Flow when the
German feet surrendered. He was COM
mended by the Secretary Of the Navy
for saving q shipmate from drowning
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

AU QUATRlEME

This is the eternal message
of wedding gift, and for that
reason it should be chosen with
the greatest of loving care.
The ideal gift should do
these four things:
J.. Express the personality
of the giver.
2. Fit the ideas Of the per-
son who gets it.
5. Stand d is in tt We,
whether it costs little or
much.
A. Add something Of beauty
or usefulness to it's new en-
vironment.
People sensible of these
facts like to choose their gifts
from the wealth Of treasures
AU QUATRIEME where there
are beautiful things, gay
things, amusing things, distin-
gnished things-some of them
modern, costing as little as 50
and some Of them with the in
tliIlSlC value VI rare antiques.
1t is a pleasure to know that
every gift selected AU QUA
TRlEME is beautifully packed
and carefully delivered on
the exact date given.
Never was there a collection
more fascinating to choose
from than the one AU QUA
TRIEME offers today. Incom-
ing steamers have stored the
shelves with new and lovely
glass; the potteries of Italy and
France have sent over charm
ing bowls and plates and can
dlesticks; and all the out-of-
the-way corners have been ran
sacked to find the old bibelots
that are now here.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
2k 1r~x&A
April IL, 1921.
BOOKCASES
Reproduced from Originals
of the eighteenth century

BELMAISON is showing
an interesting collection Of
small bookcases especially
adapted for small wall
spaces, in six models. re-
productions of originals of
several periods.
Walnut bookcases of the
William and Mary period,
IT inches high X 80 inches
wide x 16 inches deep, 3
shelves in top, glass door,
drawers below, price 1918.
Regence bookcase, wal
nut, with wire netting in
the doors, 63 inches high,
81 inches wide, II inches
deep; price $3.50. This may
be used for q bookcase. or
arranged as q slipper cabi-
net IN q WOman'S S room.
Small Louis XIV. book
case of walnut with marble
top and brass mounts; 80
inches high, II inches wide,
S31 inches deep; 3 shelves,
SI61.
Italian bookcase of the
Louis XVI. period in Amer
lcan walnut, 81 inches high,
8 inches wide, 1912 inches
deep, S shelves, solid panels
at sides, $3.50.
The same bookcase with
open fretwork sides, also
S73.5O.
Fifth Gallery, New Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
" hen you put on
a dinner coat

especially if it be a Wan
amaker dinner coat. YOU
touch the springs which
drop the commercial cloak
of the day, and you be-
come for the nonce pr-
marily a man, and cease
to be primarily a worker.
1t is pleasing TO be con-
scious of the fact that the
unfinished worsted OF
your dinner coat and
trousers was loomed IN
one of the best wooden
mills Of America.
That the course of the
scissors which cut it was
determined by a tirst-hand
knowledge of what is met
ropolitanly correct.
That the tailoring was done
by brain as we'll as by hands
An excellent model, peaked
lapel, grosgrain silk facing
black satin lining, white SIX
sleeve lining.
$40.
Evening coat and trousers
SIS.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
II You Choose
Condlesticks

you must see the new designs
in glass from Venice. They
come in delicious colors-ani-
ber, smoke color, aquamarine,
amethyst, and the cool pale
green that the Italians call
"verdognolo."
A pair of simple ones may
be had for s15 for a mantel or
a console table. Tall Venetian
glass candlesticks for the din
ing table with bobeches that
keep the wax from dripping on
the table are $12 and $15.
Perhaps the most decorative
of all are the two-branch can
dlesticks with q gay bouquet of
flowers or a bunch OF fruit
placed between the two can
Fourth floo
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
GeneraI WentI,er Condition.

WASHINGTON. April to.-Much cooler
weather overspread the Eastern and
Southern states Saturday night and to-
day. while there was a reaction to some
what higher temperatures in the upper
Mississippi Valley. the southern plains
states and the middle Rocky Mountain
region There was a marked rise in tenn
peratures in the north plains states and
the north Rocky Mountain region
Showers have occurred during the last
twenty four hours in the middle Atlantic
and north Atlantic states and in southern
Texas, and light snow has fallen in the
Valley. over the remainder of the couu-
try fair weather prevailed to day.
The weather viii be generally fair in
the states east of the MI Mssissppi River
during the next two or three days Tenn
peratures will continue considerably below
normal Monday in the Eastern and South :
ern states, but it viii be warmer in the
region of the Great Lakes the Ohio Val
ley aud Tennessee Monday and Tuesday
AND III the Atlantic and east Gulf states
Tuesday and Wednesday.
District Forecasts.-Eaatern New York
peratuie tomorrow and in northern por-
ton to-day.
Southern New England-Fair TODAY
and tomorrow; rising temperature to-
morrow ~
Eastern PENNSYLVANIA, New Jersey and
Delaware-F3fr and continued cold to-
day; tomorrow fair, with rising tempera
ture.
Western Pennsylvania and western New
iork-Fafr today and tomorrow, with
rising temperature
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Snow in West Virginia

CUMBERLAND. Md, April 1o.-Five
inches of snow is reported at Rowles-
burg, w. Va. few miles west Of
Oakland, with temperature of 2S
Snow has been falling in this section
all day.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Half a Million Dollar,
Of Furniture

Aes'l q i'iliiioii OOllay
# Furniture
AT 40 per cent. deductioa.
100000 from three crss.
furniture makers Sion
900 from our own gooa
stocks.
BEDROOM SUITES
S120 to 1926.
DINING ROOM SUITES
1924 to S2,37O.
We do not believe snr
other store has offered 50
fine a collection of suites AZ
such substantial savings
for years.
We have not. We could
not. The only reason WIN
we can do it now is that
three of the leading manu-.
tacturers of the countrv
were eager to find an outlet
for their stocks on hand
They came to Wanamaker,
first, very naturally, for
this store is Americas s lars.
est and swiftest distributor
Of good furniture. b..
cduse-
the people ltnoW Hono.
maker ralues.
There is small chance Of
furniture so good as that in
this sale being at prices 50
low as Wanamaker Week
prices for many a day.
II you are going to need
furniture soon, but are de-.
layed by the housing short.
age, we shall be glad to ex.
tend to you the courtesy Of
storing your purchase for
a while.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
White Cheuiot
Sports Shirts, 81

We made a very fortu-
nate purchase-Which Is
the sole reason for ollf
selling such shirts for Ilt-
tie as 50.
You'll find similar shirts IN
town at SO to So. ;.
Fine cheviot, with buttonea
down collar, coat front, long
sleeves. French cuffs. A shlEs
Tor golfing, tennis and eluc
wear. Sizes ii to II.
Burlington Arcade floor,
New Building
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
FASHIONS F
Women S $98 to
$ll0 Suits 1886

Our own stocks-tailored
and box models in tricotine
and twill cord. Most of the
suits ere in navy blue and
black. tastefully trimmed
with silk embroidery. One
dear little frock has the
new French knot and rib
bon trimming.
Only one, two or three
suits Of a kind.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Weather Report

sun rises. 5.2s am. Sun sets. ... e.a2 pm.
Moon rises. 1882 am. Moon gets. 1852 p.
local f'0rccast-Fair to-day and to-mor-
row; rising temperature tomorrow; dimin-
ishing north and northwest winds becom-
ing scutherly Tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

Local Official Record - The following
official record shows temperatures during
the last twenty-four hours in comparison
With tne corresponding date Of last year:
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

Highest, 50 degrees Cat l:15 p. M; low
est. SO degrees Cat II y. m.): average, 46
degrees; average same date last year. 30
degrees, average same date for thirty
three years, As degrees.
Humidity
S a m -. IS 4 ! p. M. 40 S y. n. 81
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

dies. These come in two sizes,
$25 and $1,000 piece.
In pottery there are delicate
white candlesticks for 1915,
and white Cantagalli candle
sticks, lovely for dressing
tables, in all sizes from So to
$3.50.
If You Choose Lamps
we should like to suggest beau
tiful old Persian oil jars which
may be mounted as lamps. In
old blues or browns or blacks
softened by age, or in splen-
did turquoise blue, they are de-
]ightful for living rooms or
dressing rooms.
# you knop the Color She
loves best
why not begin a set of glass
for her table?
Venetian water glasses in
all the colors of the rainbow
cost $36 and $48 a dozen.
Other glasses in smaller sizes,
S32 and $40 a dozen.
Finger bowls with plates,
$50 a dozen.
Individual salt cellars in
colors, they match these finger
bowls and glasses, $3.50 each.
Compotes for candles, SO
and 81 a piece.
Bowls to put in the center of
table to hold flowers or fruit
come in matching colors for
$40 and $12.
Large flat Venetian glass
dishes, $50, for the center of
the table.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Gifts for the Dressing Table

Charming toilet bottles in
aQuamarine, ruby or white
come in three different sizes,
$3.50, $2.75 and SO.
These may be used for bath
room bottles as we'll as dress
ing tables.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Charming little Figm-i,les

are the Venetian masks, SO.
in the small size, and $25 when
they are fourteen inches high.
But AU QUATRIEME can
suggest more in five minutes
than this whole page could tell.
Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
For Her Mantel

there are little vases of flowers
to set in a row which are 81 to
So piece. In all white or
cnlors.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Try to Add to the
Gifts of Voice,
Mind and Manner

industriously and studiously, all
you can, day after day, by avoid
ing waste of time and by seizing
opportunity.
If it be possible, go out of the
way to tighten burdens.
A word spoken, or the writing
Of line or letter, or step
taken to brighten the corner
where we are, may bring won-
dcrful joy and peace that will
find its way to the giver as we'll
as the one who receives.
MANY a mickle makes a
muckle," said our old Scotch
Irish friend.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Bedroom Suites

In mahogany, walnut and
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11

The next storya "The Twins Get
Even With Peter Rabbit"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Women S $125 to
$175 Coats---$11


our own StOck-one Of a
kind. SO coats all told,
mostly straight line wrappy
effects, in Orlando cloth,
marvella, duvetyn and vel
dyne. And such good col
ors-collie tan, Hindustan
tan and ostrich gray.
Only four of the coats
are reduced from $125; the
majority were $155, or
more.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
$75 to $11O
cks---$67.5O

Exquisite frocks of Poi
ret twill and tricotine in
navy blue, sand or pewter
gray; and some navy blue
plquetlnes. Among them
An Eton style featuring
blue and gray, with uneven hem
line; was SIS.
--navy blue tricotine with
$89.50'
pewter gray tricotine,
straight coat model, with en-
posed gray cire ribbon, and
olack and white patent leather
belt; was $1O5.
Second floor, Old Building.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-07
QUARTERLY STATEMENT

OF c. J. Klug. County Treasurer of Ellis
County, Kansas
Showing balance Ii, L.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-07
KNIFE WEEDERS
''New Model 81" Is Now Read

New Model Il" Is Now Ready
Twenty-one years ago, Mr.. Clayton
lived on a farm and made his first
knife weeder. 1t had wooden run
ners, the knives were hard to adjust.
it was heavy and pulled hard. but it
did good work. Every year that he
stayed on the farm he made a new
model, aiming to decrease the draft,
increase the strength and decrease
the weight, and make ali adjustments
simple and easy. Steel runners re-
placed the wooden runners, and from
year to year important improvements
were placed on the machine, mate
rally increasing its efficiency and
value. While on the farm, Mr.. Clay
ton worked up quite business max
ing these machines and selling them
to his neighbors. After he left the
farm he still continued to make a
new model every year, until he has
now perfected his ''New Model gu
for the coming season. This new
model is mighty fine machine for
killing weeds and saving moisture in
any listed field, and it would hardly
seem possible that any further i'm
provements could be made upon it.
1.-The Weeder Factory, Hill City,
Kan.," is where this machine is now
made, and any farmer, within driV-
ing distance of the factory, can easily
take his car to Hill City and haul one
home. They are so easily taken apart
that two OF the double-row machines
are frequently hauled in a Ford car.
The one-row machine weighs 90.
pounds, the two-row ESQ pounds, and
the three-row $50 pounds. The one
row machine sells for $50, the two
row for $50, and the three-row for
500 These prices are for machines
without eveners, and with 4-foot side
knives. Longer knives can be fur
nished az extras, and also eveners, if
desired Most farmers have all the
eveners that are necessary for these
machines. All Of the older models
viii be discontinued after this sea-
son. Two-row machines OF last years
model may still be had, while they
last, at $500 to $1,000 less than the
above prices
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-07

Mr.. Silver says that many congress
men voted for this bill only when
they were sure it would be vetoed by
the President, and openly stated that
this was the only reason they voted
for it. Some of the congressman
from Kansas, which is primarily an
agriculture state, were none too cour-
ageous in standing up for the inter
ests Of the farmers.
Farmers who wish to have their
products protected against COMPETE
ton with those from countries where
the standard of living is low should
get in touch with their congressman
immediately and insist that he fight
for tariff or an embargo to protect
American agriculture, according to
Mr.. Snyder.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-07
KANSAS RURAL SCHOOLS ARE
CONSOLIDATING

Twenty-six consolidated schools
organized, proposed consultations
pending in at least twenty-nine COM
munities, and consolidation cam
paigns under way throughout the
state with at least sixteen counties
asking for aid in countrywide cam
paigns-that in brief is the consolid-
alton record of Kansas for the past
year.
These facts on the actual progress
of school consolidation in Kansas
were brought out in the reports of
M. L. Smith of the Kansas State Nor
NAL School, c. E. Rarick of the Fort
Hays Normal School, v. L. Strickland
of the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege and T. ]. Smart of the University
of Kansas to the second annual school
consolidation conference at the Kan
sas State Normal, March 25 and 26.
Twenty-one of these schools to which
1900 farm boys and girls are being
transported in fifty-nine motor buses
are now in operation.
The schools already in operation
are: Holcomb, Finney county; Friend,
Finney and Scott counties; Manning,
Scott county; Weskan, Wallace coun!
ty; Brewster, Thomas county; Bloom,
Ford and Clark counties; Minneola,
Clark county; Kanorado, Sherman
county; Benedict, Wilson county;
Mitchell, Rice county; Preston, Byers
and Cullison, Pratt county; Florence,
Marion county; Cimarron, Monte
yuma, Ingalls, and Charleston, Gray
county; Trousdale, Lewis and Offerle,
Edwards county.
In all these districts there is more
territory to come in and in several of
them only one bus is being used this
year. Trousdale, for example, is
operating only one bus this year but
will operate six next year when eight
outlying school districts will send
their children to the consolidated
school. These districts voted for con-
solidation too late TO get under way
this year.
Consolidated districts have recent
ly been organized at Kingsdown in
Ford and Clark counties; Winona,
Logan county; Sitka, Clark county;
Isabel, Pratt and Barber counties;
and an open country consolidation in
Geary county ten miles from Alta
Vista, the nearest town. Twenty
nine proposed consultations are
pending in the following counties:
Kearney, Finney, Trego, Ellis, Cove,
Rocks, Smith, Phillips, Decatur,
Thomas, Ford, Rush, Scott, Clark,
Osborne, Edwards, Barber, Sumner,
Pratt, Meade, Kingman, Lyon, Logan,
Pawnee, and Wabaunsee.
NJ. L. Smith of the Kansas Normal,
reported sixteen counties asking for
aid in countrywide campaigns as fol-
lows: Meade, Edwards, Stafford,
Pratt, Barber, Kingman, Reno, Rice,
Marion, Osborne, Geary, Wabaunsee,
Lyon, Woodson, Allen, and Miami.
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First published in the Hays Free
Press, March IT, 1920.
In the District Court within and for
the County of Ellis, in the State
of Kansas
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-07
LAND BARGAIN

In Rush county, Kansas. Half sec
ton less than miles from two
markets; Walnut Greek runs through
one quarter; plenty timber and run
ming water; fair improvements;
fenced and cross fenced; on Kansas
Colorado Boulevard. 100 acres in
cultivation, all in wheat; 1-3 goes to
purchaser. More can be farmed. A
dandy combination grain and stock
farm. Must be sold by May 1st to
settle estate. Price $4,000; $4,000
can run at sc for five yesrs; balance
$4,000 cash. See or write,
Schultz & Newman,
Lacrosse, Kansas