Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-29
Odd And
Interesting

Ctatcd Press. )-PArtS police have re-
ccived 800 complaints from women
who claim their gowns and furs have
been badly burned by acid sprayed by
atomizers on street railway seats ana
in fashionable shops. Some also
claim they have suffered bodily In
jurics and one woman is said 10 nave
gone to n hospital rs a result OF ACID
burns. The acid sprayers. 1t Is claim
ed, have been cvading the police nt
least two months. The operations
have been difficult of detection. be-
Cause the acids destructive effects
arc usually discovered only on rct'lrn-
ing home after it has eaten thru
the clothing and caused burning scn-
satfons.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 2s.-
Mike Allegro Of New Orleans. won the
Oyster Shucking championship OF the
south today by opening 4,o44 bivnives
I'm Tive hours and IS minutes winning
by a good margin over six other con.
trntants. Ayecro used the "han,mcr'
~ knift method.
Bill Smith OF New Orleans was sec
nnd, his count being 1887 whilc joe
Pineli, also OF New Orleans ran smith
y close race with 4,S57. In addition
TO cash prizes of $50, 1855 and 415 for
firyt, second and third places, local
oyrser dealers presented tho winners
with other valuable prizes.
BUFFALO, n. ". Jan. 2s.-When
Father Sheridan Of st. Ninccnts
church saw a man breaking open the
poor box in the vcstibule OF his church
today nc did not walt to summon
policeman. The fellow showed fight
and officers said the priest apparcnt-
" had accommodated him. Father
Sheridan was formerly n football play
er. The prisoner gavc his name ms
Walter Smith OF Boston.
NEW YRK. Jan. 3s.-A1lcRed TO
have poured boiling water over ,ef
husband and two children as thcy
.lep. Mrs, Tillie Mildao was held yes
trrsiay by Magistrate Foiwcll OF Coney
Island. ON a charge o. feIonIous ~
sault. The husband, Harry. was re-
ported to he in q critical condition.
The children's injuries were not 20
severe.
According 70 ths poaSce. Mrs. MiAao
adnsitted scAlding her hushond and the
children bat explained she 10 sniy
IN Voald seay ~ ssppne usnsN Thay
bad quarreied abost his ebsence be.
fose, She reiterated. tsl
NEW YORK. Jan. 3A-Ihe sseans.
for Dandg. had on her pn0en6eP lists
7s3 polish orphans who were -heGin-
ming the last lap Of trip around the
world. They fled from their native
land two yeasS ago to eecape stArvas
tSou and death In the wake Of tho red
boashevist armlee. then driving hard
against the Polish forces defending
the capital o1 that republic.
The little globe trottcrs arc to be re
turned to WarsaW Where tho Polts,
government will find homes for them.
NEW YORK. Jan. as.-For fifty
At the gate OF Trinity cemetery. issth
vtrert and Amsterdam avenue, and
watched funerals enter. He was 81
years old when he began his long vigil
and to-day he. too, At tho a9c OF 1C7.
WIS seemingly In the shadow Of ttsA
gate he had opened so many times.
Yesterday there was an unusually
heavy traffic thru the cemetery gate
and the aged man was forced TO hurry
to and fro nearly all day. Just before
night came. hc collapsed. He was
hurried to Bellevue hospital but ply
sicians today held out little hope for
his recovery.
AsBURY PARK. \. y. Jan. cs.--
4 carrier pigeon. which was released
In Madison Square Garden, New York,
yesterday. bearing N note 10 Mrs.
Warren q. Harding was found In q
iufnUT NbEu tHbhNs CNshussSa Oy VT
cold. Col. Frank Hayward. who
found the bird. plans to start Il on its
Journey to Washington during vhc
day.
NEW YORK. Jnn. 2s.-An explo-
sion OF still in the hasrmcnt OF a
house In the borough park section Of
brooklyn. today srt fire to the build
Ing nnd burned an unidentified mnn
to death.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. Jan. -.
Housed In army tents, students OF
the Mission high school destroyed by
fire last week, arc TO resume their
studiss next Monday morning. accord
ing to school authorities. The tents
were used by tho student army train
ing corps of the school and were res
cued from the blaze.
The pupils will attend the tent
school, Il was stated. pending rebuild
ing OF the institution or their transfer
to other city high schools.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-(By Tho
Associated Press )-Discos OF the
first blue caterpillar known to bio
Iocy has been reported to the American
Association for the advancement OF
science by Dr. John II. Geronld. pro
fcssor Of zoology at Dartmouth col
lcgc.
Tho scientist WAS breeding butter
f1ies I'm his laboratory In Hanover. n.
H.. when one day he found tho blue
stranger. Ordinarily catcrpillnrs.
feeding on plants. are green.
The next day more blue visitors np-
pcarcd. Breeding them. DIR. Gcrould
found they bred true, and he decided
they were whnt Is known to biologist.
as u "sport'. In this ctsc. the "sport'
wns caused by n mutation In the d.
gcs.ivc system which resulted In cells
absorbing only the blue in the chloro-
phyI OF the plants.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Jan. 2s.-rhrcc
children suffering from exposure were
brought to n charitable institution to-
DIV from thrir cabin home near
T1lnycr. Mo-. where they were found
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