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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1911)
u- HtMMfMtMMvM WMMIUUm.1 WKX ewti&l .& IX i "IMnMnWNyMMMMHtfMMM BABY IN THE RIVER WAVES TO PARENTS NOVELTY OF THE CHICAGO AVIATION MEET. ? 5? i it III M? b I & v fi fcia I'Jl. r r J-" I K r f Pi Si 11 v ii I 1 . i I I CHICAGO. Tho real novelty of tho great iivliillon meet recently held on (ho lake front was the Curtlsa hydro aeroplane, operated by Hugh A. Iloblnsou. The machlno travels In tho air or on tho wnter with almost equal Inclllty. When St. Croix Johnstone fell to his death In tho lako, Mr. Hoblnson In tho hydro ncroplane, reached tho wreck within half a mluuto and cjuld have rescued tho unfortunate aviator had ho coino to tho suifaco. BRIDE IN - Wanted to Go to Coney Island, but Boarded Albany Boat. Sympathetic Hudson River Tugboat Captain Took Her Off and Re turned Her to "Bridegroom of Few Weeks." Now York. A woman v. ho de scribed herself ns Mrs. J. J. Day of 817 West Ninety-third street Intended to go to Coney Island, but didn't go. Instead sho would havu arrived at Albany, but for tho act of a ttiKboat captain, who took her off tho Frank Jones, a Hudson river btenmbont, somewhere In tho neighborhood of Tarrytown, and returned her safo and sound to what sho described as her "waiting husband" and "bride groom of a few weeks." Tho real Mrs. Day denied that sho had figured In tho transfer, nnd tntlmntcd that the woman was a girl friend, who Is her guest. v The woman wanted to go aboard one of tho Iron Steamboat company's vessels, but failed to reallzo she was a passenger on board the Frnnk Jones until Yonkcrs hove In sight. Then sho declared that "hubby" would sit up all night looking for hlB "brldo" In vain and wept very bit terly. Captain Loucks was sympa thetic but linn. Signals of dibtress from tho whlstlo of tho Frank Jones brought tho Albany, another Hudson river steamboat, alougsldo In Jig time. "What's tho matter? Ulot?" asked Captain Post, anxiously leaning over tho rail of tho Albany. "No; u bride." replied Captain Loucka through his megaphono. "Thought wo were a blooming Conoy Island tripper and Is afraid hub by will miss her when slio's gono." "Too bad," floated tho response across tho wnter; "we aro all out of smelling salts. Is there nnythltig else 1 can do?" "Why, yes," responded tho skipper of tho Frank Jones. "If you think or It you might telephono to J. J. Day, at 317 West Ninety-third street, that his wife Is taking an unexpected run up to Albany nnd won't bo back till tomorrow." RUNAWAY BOYS FIND ERROR Two Pittsburg Lads Get Stranded In Cincinnati and Writes Injunction to All Youths. Cincinnati. Frank Helber nnd Jo seph Lechncr of Pittsburg, both nged fifteen, who stnrted out to see tho world a few days ago, wero found early tho other morning sleeping un der tho Cincinnati & Ohio bridge, In Cincinnati. Thoy told tho olllcers that they had como to Cincinnati In a parlor car, and thought thoy were going to fco tho entire world. How ever, their money soon gave out and thoy were forced to bleep anywhere they could find n plnco to llo down. Helber snld his father died last March, and that his mother is very sick. Ho doesn't know why he left her. Tho officials will send them both home. Helber has written tho following Injunction to nil youths: "Boys Never leavo home. It Is the best plnco on earth. "If you over feel the hankering to see the world, ask your home folks what Is the best thing to do. "I started out feeling llko a mil lionaire. I bad 112. I thought that was plenty. They found mo sleeping under a railroad bridge. "That old song, 'There's No Place Like Home,' Is the truest song ever written." Robs Her Own Stocklnn. Springfield, O. Mrs. Nora Jenkins,1 who kept her Ravings of f 31 In her stocking, which she word to bed, nroso In her sleep, took tho stockings off and taking the money down stairs, burled It In tho cellar. It wns sot eral days before Bhe found It. DISTRESS At this critical stage Captain Ul ster Davis, who was a hoard tho Frank Joncn, Baw a tow boat belong ing to tho Cornell Towing lino, of which ho Is superintendent. Snatch ing tho megaphono he hailed tho tug boat and ordered It alongside. Tho woman nmld cheers nnd congratula tions, was placed on board tho tug and returned to Manhattan. When Mr. and Mib. Day learned of the report that tho passenger had given tho name of Mrs. Day, they de clared thoy had both been at home on tho day In question. They re fused to give the name of the young woman who Is their guest, but some of their friends were discussing, nmld giggles, the subterfuge of the "bride" who did not want to take a trip to Albany Instead of ono to Coney. AIMS TO ABOLISH TROUSERS Berlin Society of Scholars and Artists Proposes New and Unique Gar mentsDiscard Linens. Rerlln. A society of seventy per rons has been orgnnlzcd In Uorlln for the purpose of reforming the style of men's garments. It Is composed of persons from all sorts of professions nnd alms at abolishing trousers, sub stituting knickerbockers; while coat and wnlstcoat are to glvo way to a sort of looso blouse hanging well down to the knees. Linen of all sorts Is to be discarded. Tho newspapers trent tho mntter as more or less absurd; and tome of them challenge tho members of the society themselves to appear In pub lic In the now gnrb. The Cologne Ga zctto goes deeper and points out that Germany enn have no Influence over the world's fashions for men's cloth ing because of tho predominance of the military uniform over civilian clothing hero, where even the em peror never lays aside his helmet for a silk hat. It thinks that the fashion for men's garments will continue to be set at London, for "n popular dandy of Lon don clubdom has more Influence In setting the fashions than the whole of this society of German scholars, art ists nnd writers." Alpaca Coat Real Summer Weather Works Revolu tion In Men's Fashions In French Capital Few of Changes. St. Louis. "Whew! It is hot!" Ono may hear this hundreds of times a day now that Paris has had a tasto of real summer weather. 1 caught a deputy going Into tho Palais liourbon with white shoes nnd looking quite plenscd with hlmsolf, writes tho Paris correspondent of tho Globe Domocrnt. The golf collar Is still to bo Invented as an adjunct to tho French summer costume, but the kumiuerbund Is here, oddly In voguo with wearers protuberant In those parts. Tho really classic fi-uro Is tho Frenchman with a black alpaca coat, whlto linen trousers, a Panama hut with a rakish twist behind, an Im mense blue tie with whlto spots, a handkerchief of brilliant huo nnd de sign half way out of his pocket, the whole surmounted by a gray cotton umbrella. This venerablo type still exists, but Is becoming rarer, The modern Frenchman has taken an Inventive turn with his clothes. I nm leaving aside tho man who has becomo .Anglicized by reason of much reading of tailors' circulars from nond street, and who take naturally to his flannelotto suit In summer ho Is the exception, tho large excep tion. Tho ordinary Parisian,, If you produce a hot sun, becomos' playful, Bnrtorlally, and disports himself In tho strangest garb. Sitting opposite to mo In my club Is a representative Epoctmcn, wbo looks uncommonly like CELEBRATES DEATH OF KIN American Woman in Paris Gives Din ner In Honor of Mother-In- Law's Demise, Only to Find Error. Paris. Many strange things happen In Paris, but tho most weird and ghastly expression of novel social en tertainments this season was a dinner given by a certain New York woman, celebrating, as she thought, tho death of her rich mother-ln-Iaw. Tho lady has been In Paris since tho close of tho Nlco season. Her hUBband, who does not core for butterfly life so ciety; remains In tho villa at Nlco. The other day she received a tcle grnm from her husband, which read: "Mother Is dead." Thinking It was tho wealthy mother of her husband, she Invited friends to dinner, saying she was going to celebrato a now and1 better ern in her life, which the for tune of her mothor-ln-law would bring. Some of the more sensitive guests re belled Inwardly at tho Idea, but the dinner went on. Next day the hostess sanl apologies to her guests, saying It wds not her mother-in-law who had died, but her own mother. The mis take arose by her husband merely re peating a cablegram received for hei at Nice. COUPLE GIVE KISSING SHOW Large Crowd Gathers and Enjoys Os culations at Piasa Chautauqua Girl Was Pretty. St. Louis. Piasa Chautauqua was nroused soon after the arrival of the steamer Alton, by a volley of smacks. Several men nnd women ran down to tho river and beheld a young woman nnd a swain In blue serge, sitting closo together on the beach. Ono of his hands was clasped firmly In hers. With regularity he popped his lips upon hers and each kiss was so vigorous as to be audible. In a few minutes the news spread throughout tho resort. Swimming pools nnd walk ing pathB were deserted and scores of persons flocked to points of vantage. In reply to jeers tho young man cried: "You fellows aro only Jealous. Don't you wish It wero you?" The onrnptured pair remained absorbed In ono another until It was time to take tho steamer back to St. Louis. The girl was a brunette about 22 years old and was prettily dressed. The man seemed a fow years older. Worn in Paris a diver on a bean feast, If you can Imagine a diver regaling himself on anything but oysters or sponges. He has certainly a deep-sea appearance; a curious khaki cloth, vory light and very shiny. Ho looks moro than over llko Father Neptuno In an off mo ment ns he pulls at his long briar wood pipe. Decency In Bathing Cults. Oanta Monica, Cal.lly a vote ot the city council tho scant bathing suits thnt heretofore Inadequately garbed tho forms of men lolling on tho eands have been Dnnlshed from this beach. Men must wear skirts on their surf costumeB. Tho short trunks must be lengthened into trousurettos reaching to the knees, and there must bo sleeves. Furthermore, "bathers" must bathe when they como down to tho Deach, not merely disport themselves on the sands. The new order was put through by Irate citizens, Ther was no com- fJV ab,J. ?.8iUm. orn by nwwcu, nuiiuugu uiu aiau ure or dered to batho and not pose. "Spoon lng parties" aro barred. Killing 8avsge Rooster Justified. London. The killing of a rooster by a father whose child It attacked was held to bo Justified by Judge Smith at Atherston county court Sued by the bird's owner, the father pleaded that be killed the cockerel, which was notoriously savage, as It waa attacking his child. CITIES Barbers Denounce ST. PAUL, MINN. Ways and means to deprive the safety razor of its cltlzen'H right and declaro it unconsti tutional, to annihilate- It, remove It from tho homo of every free-born American, nnd thus bring tho barber Hhop ngnlti Into Its own, furnished one of tho subjects for tho emotional dis cussion that took plneo at the National Darber's Supply Dealers association convention here. An tho Insidious Influence of the de grading safely razor fired tho speak ers at tho convention to eloquent heights, these polnta wero brought 'forth: Harbor shops a:o not so popular as they wero In tho past. The dark man with tho beard, In stead of permitting himself tho ec stacy of n lGccnt shave, nttacks him self with the Bafety, In wild, enrcfrco swoops, which are equally Injurious to the llfo nnd complexion of the victim nnd to the profession. Accident Leads to BUOOKLYN, N. Y. A score or more dogs of assorted breeds livened up things on Fifth avenue the other day by becoming Intoxicated on the spilled contents of an overturned brewery truck. It Is said by eyowltnesses thnt tho drunken dogs acted almost "hu man" In tho delirious frenzy which fol lowed their excessive llbntlons. Tho truck, ono of the motor variety, was chugging along Fifth nvenue be tween Ninth and Tenth streets, when It broke down nnd its contents, sev eral .cases of a very popular brand of hop beverage, wero spilled Into the gutter. Immediately a golden stream, sparkling with tho pent-up efferves cence, gurgled and bubbled down the gutter. The day was hot and all the neigh borhood dogs, most of which belonged to Fifth avenue storekeepers, were wandering about in search of water to drink. niitzen, a graceful greyhound, raised her head from between her paws ns she lay In tho doorway of a millinery es tablishment and sniffed tho air sus piciously. Tho couchnnt Hlltzen be came rampant. Blame Middlemen ED ARE YOU A REAL FARMER 9 rpcv, WMiiJPM INDIANAPOLIS, IND. An experi ment to determine how fnr a city can go in reducing the cost of living Is to bo mndo In Indianapolis under tho direction of Mayor Shank. Fol lowing a suggestion of JameB Wilson, secretary of the department of agricul ture, that municipalities take up the question, the mayor appointed a com mission to mako an Investigation. These men will spend tho next few weeks Investigating conditions that are supposed to be responsible for the high cost of farm nnd garden prod ucts. On their report will depend tho city's action. Several years ago Indianapolis es tablished a market place for the pur pose of giving tho people a chance to deal direct with producers and In that manner to keep prices as low as pos sible. Preliminary Inquiry Indicates unscrupulous middlemen have been AND MJKC7nir--' BBSVvJ film Divorces a Close Second to Weddings KANSAS CITY, MO. As a habitation of tho matrimonially distressed, Kiuibos City, according to figures Just compiled, has Keno backed into obliv ion These figures Bhow that ono of ev ery threo Kansas City nmrdiines has Kb finale In the divorce court. In 1910 the figures showed that ono In every four marrlnges In this city were fail ures and the great increase In the number has caused much perturbation In tho churches. Various causes have been given for It tho high cost of living, tho laxity of tho divorce laws, the greater Inde pendence of women. Whatever tho cause, since January 1 there have been 1,900 marriage, licenses Issued, and In the same tlmo nearly 700 divorce suits filed. This 1s an Increase In the number of mar riage licenses issued over u like period In 1910, but a proportionately greater Increase In the number of divorce suits (lied. Incidentally, more children from broken homes have been taken charge of by tho Juvcnllo court than in any similar period. Sociologists and min isters aro worried nt tho showing and thero Is a demand for more strin gent divorce laws. Judge Porterfield of the Juvenile court also Is worried at tho showing, but ho sees no relief In moro strlngeut JL . I N .f4 JU Ii" T i tciIbCb s the Safety Razors Safety razors promote efficiency. II allowed to (loutish they will eventually accomplish the ruin of American man hood. Kotre's celebrated slump wns due to Just such Intioductlons ns tho ornery safety razor. "And," finished one of the spenkers, "after weaning Its owner from the re finement of tho barber shop, mailing him minister to the demands of his whiskers ucross his own threshold, tho safety will gradually pall upon tho man devoted to It. Growing careless, the man will one day lay open tho In tel lor of his face with an unusually negligent swing of the supposed 'safe ty' razor, nnd what then? The man, being weaned from tho barber bhop, docs not caro to return. He Is timid tho fault of the Bafety. He lets his whiskers assume abnormal propor tions. He becomes n hotbed for germs. Therefore, down with tho tyranny of the r. s." it was prophesied that In the short spun of a year all the old adherents of (ho etubblo beards and curved Adam's apples will bo filling tho red plush chairs of the shop. The safety ruzor, It was allowed, whb all right for the mere youths and the trem bling hands of tho old, but further It had not Just cause for existence. a Canine Debauch "Woof, my dears!"-bhe bayed, and In 20-foot Jumps made for the spot whence came the tantalizing aroma ol i tho wasting beverage. I Immediately every other dog on the , block, and some others from adjacent blocks, renlized that at lust It was his "day." Following the lend of the leap ing greyhound, they made for the gut ter and eagerly began lapping up the amber drink. How many aching heads there were next day In Fifth avenue dogdom will nover be known, but members of the largo crowd which quickly collected to watch the drinking bout aver that the quantity put nwuy by the canine tip plers was something to marvel at. The dogs, too full to find their way home, nnd too dizzy to navigate any. way, wero later led or carried to their homes by their owners. for the High Prices bartering tho market, buying up fnrm produce at wholesale prices and then selling nt whatever prices they could extort, thus forcing all prices on the market upwnrd. Sonic hnve even gon so far as to dlsguiso their employes as fanners nnd have them take thclt plnccs In tho market with what were Bupposcd to be farm wagons with frohh produce. It developed that mid dlemen contiol tho prices of four-fifths of the produce, handled on tho Indian apolis market and that thoy have ad vnnced the prices to suit themselves. Compailsons mudo between the prices of n few fanners not tuken in by the middlemen with the prices fixed at the market Btands show that the farmers have been and are selling food stuff at an nvcrago of less than ono half tho amount fixed by the middle men. Tomatoes, apples, potatoes and other staples havo been sold CO per cent, lower by the farmers than by tho market stand proprietors In spite ol the city's regulations. The city government hopes to get at the bottom of the situation soon and to devise means by which the mid dlcruen will not be able to grab the farm products and force tho people to puy their prices. 1 I'll crf A DIVORCE PER. CRUELTY. YOU oKUTy divorce laws. Ho believes that tho only remedy lies In making require ments for marriage more severe, nnd still not so severe that its result will be to drive many persona into com mon law marriages. "Too many persons marry who should not," Judge Porterfield says. "That's where all this divorce trouble begins, nnd right there the lawmakers must begin It they are to help condi tions. You cnu't legislate divorces and broken homes out of existence as long as just anybody can get married regardless of mental and physical de fects. There ought to be a commis sion to pass on the mental and phy sical condition of applicants for mar riage licenses, and on tho earning ca pacity of the men. Worthless men who can't even support themselves marry. "Something will havo to bo done or tho people of this and other states will find themselves tho keepers of a lot of degenerate children." vt y EVERY -HIC f ) rVX 1D0G HAS-Hic 'T S3 V AY "Hit J m$ -"pssjj-) -n ywi Tff; iflfM (Jfi44 HOW THE LITTLE ONE REACHED BAR THROUGH DEEP WATER IS A MYSTERY. i Iteber Springs, Ark. From tho mld die of the Little Ited river, near Shi loh, the two and-a-half year old daugh tcr of J. L. lilttlo of this place, gayly waved her hands nt the horrified pa rents on tho bank and when they res cued her from tho rushing torrent, sho laughed In glee over her esca pade. How tho baby reached tho 'shallow water In tho mlddlo of tho Etream. will probably forever be u mystery. , Mr. nnd Mrs. Dlttlo had gone from Ileber Springs to spend the day with ,1110 parents of lllttlo nnd when they i cached the farm tho child was asleep. Baby on Sand Bar. nitlle unhitched his team in the barn and placed tho baby upon some hay to continue her nap. Returning in n few minutes tho fath er and mother found the child had dis appeared. No trace of the little girl could bo found and the alarm was given. In a short time neighbors wero scouring the woods hut the parents wero tho successful ones, finding their llttlo one In tho middle of tho river, quietly wading toward tho opposite bank. They called to her and she turned to wave a greeting to the frightened parents. In u short tlmo tho child was icscued and placed In tho arms of the mother, who fainted when sho saw her baby In tho river. To reach the river tho child had passed through a field of corn nnd walked about a mile and a half. Sho had crawled through, or climbed over, two high barbed wire fences without u fccratch to body or clothing. Tho water was at leaBt six feet deep for about 20 feet next to the bank from which tho llttlo girl had entered. Sho was In water to her neck when discov ered by her parents nnd In a few feet In front of her wns more deep wnter. She cither swam through the deep water or hung on to a log which float ed her to the middle of the stream. It was evident though sho had been In wnter over her head for her hair was wet. BIG BABOON STARTS PANIC Escapes From His Cage at a North Dakota Interstate Fair and Causes Stampede. Fargo, N. D. "Chucama." a big ba boon being exhibited at the Interstate ,falr here, broke looso from his cage and cnused n panic among the hun dreds of people on the grounds. It was only after an exciting chase of over two miles by armed trainers In an automobile that tho animal was finally captured by means of n canvas snek. Tho baboon first made for tho bootb ot tho FirBt Presbyterian church ol Baboon Runs Amuck, Moorehead, Hero ho seized ono ot the small girls and threw her to tho ground, but did not Injure her. Ho then overturned the tables In tho place and proceeded to the root. Hero he tore off shingles, drovo away four car penters, tore oft boards from the roof and then made across tho country. Automobiles followed, and he was fin illy captured In a greenhouso near his city.. ggfl A &. Ti.,jt ;..