Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-19
ODD AND INTERESTING

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honorary nall bearers at the funeral
of "Alf" whiting, n former negro
slave. who died at Bonsey. whiting,
one Of the few surviving negroes VINO
served in the Confederate army, at
tended every Confederate reunion and
selected his own pail bearers. He was
attached to company X, 18Th Virginia
infantry, was captured, refused TO take
the oath OF allegiance to the federal
government and finally was released
on bonds OF $4,000 with the UNDER
standing that he would not return to
Virginia during the period of the war.
NEW YORK. Mar. tS.-Mrs. Alex
andcr r. Moore GILLIAN RussclD re-
turned last night on the Aquitnnia
from her ''nssignmcnt" by Secretary
OF Labor Davis to study conditions IN
Europe. She had returned thorOly
convinced, she said, that there should
bc an immigration holiday for the
next 10 years. The United States was
mcnaccd she said. by the hordcs wait
ing at European ports OF departure
to gain ndmittancc into this country.
los ANGELES. Calf, Mar. 49,
william =. Wcndt. capitalist of Buff
falo, n. Y. and Los Angeles, whom
buffalo courts have declared incom-
pctent, and for whom his daughter,
Miss Margaret Wcndt, Is seeking TO
have herself appointed guardian here.
Travelled safely from Buffalo to Los
Angeles with sos, 900 In cash ana Sc
curitic. in hand grips. IL was testified
yesterday Mt n hearing In the probate
court.
The Iunacy commission here recent
Iy declared Wcndt ''mcntaily sick"
and y,arolcd him 10 court officer.
Wcndt is contcstinE his daughters
hi. .x,ttN
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Mar. fs.-Dcc'ar-
ing Victor y. Miller, president OF the
hoard OF police commissioners. had
failed to substantiatc his charges ihat
vice club. exist mt Sedan high school.
n parents committee which has bccn
Investigating tho charges. demanded
to-day that Mr.. Miller make n public
rctraction OF the charges.
PARIS, NRr fS.-Two soldiers.
helping to hold u balloon to tho ground
during maneuvcrs yesterday at the
AuRcrs flying field. were carried nlott
when the has, was freed by tho break
ing OF one Of the ropes. Ono OF tnc
men let go when about t:0 feet in the
mir and died OF his injuries. Thc
other succeeded In securing the rope
about him and was carried some DIS
tance Mt n high altitude. The bag
C0mC
distance Of some bushes and tho SOL
dicr Jumped. landing unhurt.
TOXIC. Mar. 17.-tBy Tho Asso-
ciat~i Isp~a)A man dressed rs q
coolic gained entrance to the iwPcr'n!
palace grounds mt noon today anu
threw n bomb to the ground. the cN-
p1u~ton killing him. On his clothing
was found n document critic'sinS the
government and declaring the writer's
intention to commit suicide. lie wns
Identified ~ n miner recently arrived
from Manchuria. The man gained en-
trance to tho grounds by threatening
tho guards nj tho double bridge Fnd-
ing To tho palace. shouting 1T II
dangerous TO approach me. AZ TIC
main cato other guards made to stop
him. wlscrcupon he threw tho missile
ut his feet.
ST. JOHNS. \. r.. Mar. ts.-Thc
Newfoundland scaling fleets have cx-
,rrtrnCs>d great success with their ~
c~nt adopted practice or scouting Tor
h~rds with n;rpInnc>. u WINS learned
to-day upon tho return Of n large hunt
ing v~.>ri from n weeks cruise. Pilots
WIN .rnt out from the unin land be-
fovr tho vessel tn locate tho larger
herds They returned 1ftcr few
hours flight and gave the ship. conf
ruanssrr the cuact location of their
quea. The scouting eliminates much
wasted time Of tho fleets and has
thereby materially. reduced the cost
Of operations.
MrSKOGEF. Okla. Mar. is
Chained TO n log weighted with stone
tho body Of man wR- found floating
in tho Arkansas river near Okay carly
today.
roiir~ and -hrriff's for-cs have fall
~ to identify the bcsiy. described as
that oS a man between - and 10 years
old. His ciottinS, was OF excellent
Errdc. \ handkerchief bore the ini-
tiai "B".
Relief was expressed that thu man
might have been chained alive to thr
log md east adrift. - NO evidence OF
bsovs~ or other wounds was found.
TACOMA. wash. Mar. ts.-A rrsi-
dent hrrc. who ss,i!-i =" down 10 fHU~
under thu name OF John Doc. because
oS government regulations. sent Burns
por. collector Of internal rcvcnuc.
como tax. hut I do believe every mU'
In the land should help support the
government. ~ here's my bif." hc
wrote.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. Mar. IN.
The cost Of wife beating. - going TO