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Show I SMOKES PIPE UPON POWDER' LOS ANGELES Sept 2. A motor truck loaded with large cans labeled "black powder,' bowled nSerrlly ulongj Hollywood boulevmd In the heart of. the district given over to the motion picture Industry. Driving the truck and; ncnchalantly smoking u pipe, was a man. " Pedestrians, noting the pipe and the labels on the can. ran for side streets while automobiles turned corners on two wheels. Somebody called the police. po-lice. Out came Captain George Home of the Hollywood station with a squad of officers armed with sawed off phot guns. "We'll get the nut," they promised as they strctchod a rope across tb boulevard and waited for the truck It came and stopped i "What s the Idea?" demanded the- ! "nut." Then realizing the situation he explained ex-plained "th- cans ar- empty' He was (leorye 1 n-chilf. be added and the cans labeled "black powder"! 1 were props for a thrilling motion pic ture scene about to be filmed. |