Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-10
Odd And
Interesting

undressing
CHICAGO, ILL.,, NInr. "a petition
OF involuntary bankruptcy was filed
here today against Theodore Bear said
to bc the inventor of tho Teddy Rear"
womans garment. His financial
difficulties were caused by compcti-
ton and changes In styles, 1t was
claimed.
EAST LAS VEGAS, n. NJ. Mnr. ..
-I.ucin Sacnmon, 1S-ycnr-Old blind
girl. was burned TO death yesterday m
tho home OF her brother when she at
tempted 10 start II fire in the stove.
She did not know that her clothes had
become ignitcd. She was alone and
her aunt, living next door rushed in
when she heard the girls screams. but
TOO late to prevent her being so sert-
ously burned that she died shortly
thereafter.
FRESNO. Calf. Mar. 8.-Thc first
woman 10 be selected for warming by
the white robcti night riders who have
fpccn active in the oil district for the
last few weeks is Mrs. Mary Barnes,
rs. proprietrcss OF rooning house
here. according to IL story printed to-
day in tho Fresno Republican. Given
~ hours TO ''closc up and leave town,
slsr l. reported to have left.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. Mar. g.
Harold Craig. .: years old, bridegroom
OF -four months. before his marriage
told his sweetheart nc soon Was to ns,-
como heir 70 $4,000. Recently nc
told OF an approaching payment OF
4c.2oO ON the legacy.
Tuestlny afternoon he staggered In
to his MIN Valley home. There was a
ragged bullet wound in his right
shoulder. He said that nc had been
shot by II hixhwHyman who took from
hin, $3.50 diamond ring and $1,000
in cash.
Ncsinrsda night he told sheriff J.
!. I<cHting of Marin county. according
to that officer. that the lloldup was \
myth and that with his os,n hand and
his own revolver Inc had inflicted the
wound to make the story stronger. He
told the sheriff his wife had lpccomc
> increasingly curious about the "1cG-
ary" since their marriage. Craig is -
clerk.
Mrs. Craig said tho deception was
not necessary To Keep her love. 1t
doesn't matter. Harold she soothcd
him. "But VIII, didn't you tell nsc the
truth?'
NEW YORK. Mar. Sixty years
ayo today the Confederate ironclad
Mcrrilnac steamed away from her
anchorage In Hampton Roads TO at
tack what MAS expected to hc de-
fcnsrlesa CniOn fhct. Instead she mt
tho AeOuteor. later called tke ''Yanker
cheese box On q raft and cmGaEcd ln
tho fivua~ A0t1eo--&o1Ooe0 tfu;sc11o a.
which, changed TN. whole naval serasc-
ey of thu world. ard which has been
described as the ls,cae nsousentous eca
NHsnA
cities Of New York and Stockholm.
Sweden. united In doing honor to the
memory Of John Erickson. who de-
signed tho Monitor. \ tablet WINS un-
~cilcd under tho auspices Of tlsc
American Society OF Swedish engineers
At tho house At 3e Beach street. Where
Erickson lived. and later anothcr
tablet was unveiled Mt go West street.
tho site OF the Phoenix foundry. where
tho y,arts for the Monitor wcrc turned
out. nnd where Erickson spent his
last active years.
DALLAS. Texas, Mar. 9.-Tcxas
farm, bureau federation officials was
contemplating installation here OF
high power wtrcIc.. telegraph and
radio station In the interest Of rccciv-
Ing from, lending cotton markets d.
rect reports and hourly fluctuations.
Tho plan l. In line with tho announce
mcnt ole Carl Williams Of Oklahoma
City. president of the American Cot
ton Exchange. that eventually all farm
bureau members of the exchange
would install wireless plants and would
trnnsnc, business ~ To sales and prices
by radio.
LONDON. Mar. s.-Saiomc was an
acrohntic tuunhlcr-not ~ dancer of
tho modern ballet type, according 10.
evidence laid before the royal arch
geological institute by George &.
Druc, Of oxford. II his evidence Is
corroboratcd tl,cologians. historians.
md others have long Dahnrc,i under
miVRpprchcnston as to Salomc's first
ciain, to fame. All the old Illuminated
rNrctmcnts and carvings show her
posing ~ an acrobat and not rs
dancer. Mr.. Drucc declares.
PARIS. Mar. O.-Cttixcns Of France
upon reaching the age Of cj hereafter
may marry without obtaining consent
Of their parents. Suct, u tho men and
@ thcir parents. Such Il the bill
which Inns Just been passed b, the
French Chamber. Heretofore French
men and women under 30 could not
we'd without the authorization of their
parents. EIoping Is unknown In
1rnncc."
ST. PAUL. Mimi. Mar. 9.-Ucavy
screens hereafter will he used to par
uVfVV OH tuC JURY VptUV w su' N'u"'S
jail here when both men mud women
comprise II Jury forced tO spend
night thcrS'. sheriff John WAGNER said
today. This announcement came
after conpia nts hnd been made by
members of n mixed jury who spent
TITO nights In tho jury room last week.
with only hastily improv'scd curtains
separating tho cots occupied by the
five mon from those used by tho
scycn women. ''lt will bc simple
matter to divide tho rooW with
ecrccns .a,ul insure privacy for tho
women ms tho Jury room, Is moro than
no feet square," sheriff Wagner said.
"tncidcntally. our ftv.t complaint In
the matter came from ~ male juror.
and mt ono of tho women"