Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — TALES FROM BIG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TALES FROM BIG CITIES

High Winds Make Trouble for Gotham Pedestrians 1 NEW YORK.—The problem of how to conduct oneself, or where to conduct oneself, or .where to be conducted In an 80-mile gale faced'virtually every one who had the temerity to shut an apartment house door behind himself or

herself on the way to business one mo.rning recently. All sorts of persons took the storm In all sorts of manners, but In the main New York regarded the draught rather seriously and went In whatever direction or at whatever velocity the breeze suggested. One young woman who refused to give her name, address or any inkling of what she thought of the day was blown all the way across City Hall park from Broadway. She continued

to run at the rate of about 20 miles an hour until she managed to get hold of an “L” pillar in Park Row, She swung around It three times and her hat was blown high in the air and hung suspended from the “L” structure. * For three tortuous moments the young woman strove to keep a hold on the pillar and keep her tailor-made suit where a tailor-made suit should remain, after which she went running again and wtfs carried straight through the swinging doors of a modest saloon.on the east side of the street. There her hat was delivered to her and a policeman led her to the subway kiosk. Samuel Vlchle, a twelve-year-old schoolboy living at 83 Oliver street, never knew his strength until that time. He wns standing at the corner of Lafayette and Duane streets when the gale sWept Into his reefer and rompers and lifted him quite free of the earth, lie flew across the street and landed- against a team of stalwart horses. Roth horses fell down, and a moment later, to the boy’s utter astonishment, the truck rolled over after them. The boy suffered slightly from shock and greatly from ego. At nine o’clock a human chain formed at the corner of One Hundred and Forty-fifth street and Broadway and for more than half an hour a steady stream of persons made their way to the subway by the expedient of getting a place in the line and holding onto the hand of the person before them.

On the Same Plan Youth Might Have Started Harem JERSEY CITY.—No matter how patriotic one may be, it does not pay to have more than one wife, James Hanlon, an elghteen-year-old sailor, learned when he was arraigned before Magistrate Grossman on a charge of

bigamy. Hanlon enlisted when this country entered the war. Clad in his uniform he made a big impression on the girls in his neighborhood. October 15 he married Miss Elizabeth Coftnolly of 26 Erie street, Jersey City. The ceremony, Hanlon told Assistant District Attorney McCrystal, to whom he surrendered when he heard a warrant had been Issued for his arrest, was performed in Jersey City by Rev. William T. McLaughlin of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic church. January 7, Han-

lon admitted, he shipped again, with Miss Emma Bolk of 508 East Eightythird street, Manhattan. Wife No. 1 learned of the second Mrs. Hanlon and got a warrant for Hanlon’s arrest. “How did you expect to take care of two wives on your salary f” Mr. McCrystal' asked him. ‘tOh, I’d live with them both,’’ was the naive reply. “They are not very big and I guess I could keep them from pulling each other's hair if they tried to start anything.” Hanlon told Mr. McCrystal Emma Bolk knew when she was married to him that he liad married Elizabeth Connolly. The second wife denied this. She said she had seen Hanlon and Miss Connolly come out of the church October 15, but thought they were coming from confession. She admitted the couple were followed by a crowd that threw old shoes and rice at them. . “I thought it was a Joke,” she explained, “and I joined in the fun.” Magistrate Grossman sent Hanlon to the Tombs in default of $1,500 bail for examination. Elopement Plans Ended by Stern Policewoman CHICAGO. —A crap game and a policewoman ended what had been planned as a happy elopement for “Yak” Williams and his erstwhile “future, Margaret Cord'ith. It all happened In a West side theater. “Yak,” a veteran

newsboy at Madison and Halsted streets, had talked things over with Margaret, and the stage was set for the elopement. “Yak” cpunted his day's earnings—s2.so—but still not enough to get married on. An alley erap game profited him to the tune of $37.50. With the money tucked away in a secret pocket, he n>4hed to break the glad tidings to Margaret. Margaret agreed to pack up at once, but said if they left before night-

fall her mother would become suspicious. So they agreed to take the midnight train for Milwaukee. In the meantime "Yak’s” luck took another turn, and this time the bones failed him to the extent of the entire forty. “Yak” came back to Margaret crestfallen. Margaret was determined not to let their future happiness be halted by a mere few dollars, and from a girl friend she borrowed all —$3.60. The happy couple decided t<» take in a "movie” before the train left Margaret was restless and “Yak” wns nervous. Their actions, coupled with their possession of the two overpacked suitcases, aroused the suspicions of a policewoman in the theater. Despite protests, they were marched to the Desplaines street station. Mrs. O’Brien, Margaret’s mother, was sent for. With a daggerlike glance at her “almost” son-in-law she rushed to her daughter’s side. She persuaded Margaret to return home. “Yak” is still selling papers on the corner, and Is confident that he’ll win his bride-yet. Youth Merely Victim of Overvaulting Ambition MILWAUKEE. —Anton Tuczynski is employed as an attendant at Muirdale. He took a trip Ito Windlake and Hayes avenues. A call was received by the police to send the patrol wagon to that section. “When we got there this fellow

told me that a man had tried to hold up a girl, but that he got away,” said Patrolman Zarek. The patrol wagon was sent back with a much-disgusted crew. “About ten o’clock I came across the defendant after he had told a small boy that he was Probation Officer Kelley, and that he was io- that neighborhood to break up the gang known as the ‘Bloody Sixty-Four,’” said

“What was the matter with you?” asked Judge Page, when the accused was arraigned in his court. « “Well, your honor, I have an application in to be appointed a probation officer,'and 1 thought that If I went down in that section and cleaned up a . good case It would help my future,” said Tuczynski. “Then you thought that a little practice would make you perfect for the position which you desired,” said Judge Page. , “I think he is a little gone in the upper story,” interposed Patrolman Zarek. By order of Judge Page, Doctor Rupp examined the defendant, ami his decision -was as follows: The boy is sane, but he has a bug on being appointed probation officer, and I advised him that unless he mended his ways he would not be as euo» ployee of the county hut a patient of Doctor Young,” He was fined $5.