Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-25
Odd And
Interesting

nounccu today. When y blind person
blows his whistle traffic Officers Will
hSse that all traffic Is suspended until
the blind pedestrian Is safely across
GOOtlheart said. At least 100 whistles
with the unmistakabse notes Of tho
regulation Chicago policcman's whistle
will bc ordered at once by tho city
fro free distribution GOOdhcart said.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Feb. c4.-Mrs.
Jessie Seaman, - yesrs old. who ad-
mits being the wffc OF eight men,
whom she married without obtaining
a divorce wns sentenced 10 from ono
TO seven years I'm the Mnrysvillc rcfOr-
niatofy by common pleas Judge Wal
tncr today.
punishment / get Is surely coming TO
me-" Mrs. Seaman snid, when sentence
was passed.
PEORIA. ILL.,. Feb. IA whipping
post In tho courthouse yard for hus-
hands who beat their wives. was re-
commended today by Sheriff Lewis
Hines. following the arrest OF Herman
ParkhilI. - years old. who admitted
whipping his l6-ycar-old wife In the
courthouse yard here this morning.
The sheriff saw PArkhill beating Mrs.
lnrkhill and placed him under arrest.
~ IEIfsftSbNst stNs. IA.. fSV. ~.
"A strike of negro pnllbcarcrs. fur
nishcd hero by undcrtnkers to srrvc NJ
funerals for members OF t1Scir race,
WAS threatened today. A COmmittcc
which asked the chief OF police II they
could legally organize N palibcarcrs
union, declared they wanted pay for
their services and that they proposed
to strike " they did not get II. The
police said they might go ahead and
organize.
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ. Feb. "a
Prohibition agents returned here today
after an exciting experience In "a raid
mt t.~tancia when n woman with n lloc
ry,n tls-m out OF her yard. Later. they
say. they subaiucd her and dug up
sossc buried whisky. They asc still
searching for her husband. OIL
Prathcr.
This Officers In another raid ar.
rested ). n. Biglcy. ~ years old. saLi
TO b., tho oltlert man ever arrested in
The state ON n liquor charge.
TOXIC. Feb. :A.-(By Tho Aago-
clated 8'rcss.)-.An attempt to fix tho
On tho fioOP of tho dit ycs1crday re-
suited in an upsOae. II tssc b0Wer nuesc
to-day. causing a scmss,eary suspension
OF tho session shortly after ttsc re-
sumption Of debate ON the universal
suffrage bill.
SANTA BARBARA. Calf. Feb. -.
MIR. and Mr~. Paul r. Gray. their
two children. hoy Of . and girl OF
:. besides q nursc. Miss Lillian Srcnc-
rr. were killed today by iniinllng cnr-
ton nsDnoxIdc gas. which, filled the
Gray home lscrc from u gas water
hssitcr.
The family had bcrn III with influ.
cnsa. but wcrc recovering When DR..
II. L. Schu'ncicr. tho attending ply.
sictan, called at the home to-day and
received no response To his knock mt
the door, l,c summoned tho police and
had the door opened. \ clOtvt OF gas
swept out a- tho door was opened.
SIOuN CITY. In. ICb. :i.-Sawing
shcir way through five steel barriers
In the Woodbury. county jail. SIX prfs-
oncy- escaped cariy today.
~ driii and N piece Of steel saw
blade and n ~ foot length of rope
~crc left behind by the prisoners a-
evidence OF the manner In which the
crs-nJc wa. made.
The ti,rcc cells from which the men
escaped ARE ON tho seventh floor of
the county iAiiiiing.
DES MONIES. Ia. Feb. ci.-Nincty
tbrcc potential chicks caused suspcn-
sion OF construction work ON two StO.-
600 residences here today when Mrs.
Maync Holman. called in the police to
stop dynamiting until eggs In her In
cubator have been given ~ chance To
hatch.
The worknlcn agreed To suspend OPP
crations until the eggs arc hatchcd.
MI NIGH. Feb. :l.-Thc fluctuating
rates OF c&cllaI,gc In Europe hiring
about some humorous transactions.
Itcccntly mn Fnglistsninn ON his way
from Germany to Switzerland pur-
cha sod bottle Of wipc for 500 crowns
IN the Austrian TyvOl. Ancr drink
Ing the wine he kept th>-bOttlc and.
when lr, passed the Swiss frontier. sold
1t for fifty crntimcs. \ Swiss so
srntimc piece i worth 200 Austrian
cruwn., 80 that the Engii-l'man not
only had hi- WINE without cost but
gained 200 crowns.
CHICAGO. Feb. .t.-it j. an out
rage for an, body to think of the I'LL
tcratcs ns ignorant. Dr. \. u. Win.l,ip
of Boston. told delegates attending
the ,iiitcrncy conference OF middle
west aud northern states today.
Every ilIitcratc from tho noun
taii,s Of Kentucky and Tennessee md
the Cnrol,na-. was infinitely better
skilled to shoot nnti dodge shots In tho
World War than United StNtc> ScIs,t-
ors and university presidents" mo
paid. ....
..In the mountains on the cast Of
kentucky and Tennessee, and on tlsr
west Of tho Carolinas tlScrc have been
rs good native brains as IN Wall
street. Harvard. Yale and Princeton. !
The mountains have tccn full OF men |
of brNtus.
'.uh, u,ountaincer- cnn teach grad |
unto students much.'
DENVER. Fcb. 2t.-Nictor john
eou, 30 years old, ,tincrant. Is near
dcnth today nj the county hospital
ns the result of burns received "ftcr
he went to sleep in a brick kiln last
night. go.
johnson said he arrived from WIS.,
consin yesterday on the rods OF
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