Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-27
Odd And
Interesting

NEW BERNIE, n. c.. Jan. 26.-
Ability to "makc the bones behave"
and luck determined the sentences Of
five negroes brought before Judge
Edward Stewart in the BcaufOrd
county court yesterday. When the
five pleaded guilty to n charge OF crap
sfsOoting. Judge Stewart announced
That they might shoot to see what the
sentence would be. the term to depend
upon the fall OF the dice. The re-
suits ranged between three and twelve
months.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.-Thc pro-
portion of married men to total male
population OF tho country sixteen
years OF age and over increased from
55.S per cent to 58.2 per cent In the
ten years preceding the 1920 CEN
ms. according to statistics made pub
hc today by the census bureau. Tho
bureau believed. however. that this
Wns probably more indicative OF n
,hange in the age composition OF the
population-an increase In tho per
ccntaEc of males between 10 and 23
years OF n&c. due to increased innmi-
yration-tInn a growing propensity to
INtrimony.
SIOUX CITY. Iown. Jan. 2s.-Al-
though 10: years old. Mrs. Mary
Convey OF Omaha, Neb.. stiii L. an
Rrticnt fight fan. She arrived here
yesterday from Omaha for tho spcci-
fic purpose OF seeing the Moorc-Nc-
Arthur bout from the r'ngsidcs to-
night. Mrs. Convey became n fight fan
sle said. when she was girl in Ire
land. She remembers seeing many
famous bouts.
DENVER. Jan. 2s.-Hcar ". All
yc anti-volstcadinns.
The eighteenth amendment IL null
md void. no less n parsonage than a
waitress in down town restaurant
being authority for the opinion. To-
day she gave the following receipt TO
local newspaper with n statement
that it acromplishcs everything that
was Nynila bic In pre- prohibition days:
Fat piece OF rnisin pic and IA cake
of yeast. drink pint OF water and
then pull your ci'nir mp to n hot stove.
In ten minutes. TO test the kick. get
up and try TO walk around the chair"
Many pa.ron OF Dcavcr rcstnur-
ants are ordering ycast and rnis'n
ham and" according to the inform
ant.
BRISTOL. Tenn. Jan. c8.-Thc
finding OF approximately 500 human
skeletons In cave in the mountains
ncHF ncrC WuS frEDftGu tNlIN Uy
Prof. Henry Wooslman OF this city.
The homes were In conc shaped
heap about 30 feet high and 40 fort
in diameter Mt the bssr.. I'rOf. Wood
nasn stated. an,: are sssouxht to he
tho~c of Indinns. TOmRhawks and
oe.ds also wcrc found In the cave
which Prof. WoOtinan thinks was the
burial ground OF Indians several cen.
irris.s ago. Arch,rologists from tho
several colleges In this section arr
planning to make u thorough fnNcsti-
alton OF the cnvc.
NEW YORK. Jan. c6.-opcrn hats
rave come back tor years thcy wcrc
~ flat figurativcly they arc In
heir crushed state. but they arc
gain quito tho thing for n visit 10
broadway shows.
CHICAGO. Jan. 26.-Srvcn bandits
with three large automobile trucks
.nriy today kidnapped Michigan
Central railroad detective. stole 100
,nrrcIs OF beer and escaped despite
= fusiIindc of shots fired by two
policemen.
The detective. Daniel McCarrJ.
xas later released unbarmcd.
CHICAGO. Ill. Jan. :S.-\n hour
nftcr Dr. :. Zwich had been robbed
his wife. Mrs. Lillian Zwich, was held
up In another drug store by the same
bandits and robbed OF Two diamond
rings.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2s.-Firc last night
DESTROYED 100 street cars and caused
damage estimated at St.50O.O0O Mt the
Devon avenue car barns. About 200
rnre were pulled from the burning
harms by motor trucks.
SANTA ANA. Calf. Jan. Ca
.,,b-station OF the southern California
Edison company at Los Alnmit"s. ~
miles from Santa Ann. was burned
nud lighting systems OF hnif n dozen
towns In Orange county disrupted
late Yesterday when the drng rope OF
"a United States army balloon pulled
n high voltage wire agntnst DIS
.r,bution wires near the snb-stat."n.
The balloon left tn" army school
AT Arcadia md Cadet G.. u. Lewis.
the only occupant. was attempting to
make n landing when the accident
occurred The contact OF the wires
blew out fuses in the sub-station and
set fire to the building which was de-
stroycd. The loss Wns estimated "t
$4,000,
CHICAGO. ILL.,. Jan. 26.-1hc Wom-
rn's Christian Temperance union to-
night announced N campaign to carry
,hc truth about prohibition In the
United states to Cuba and Mexico in
The hope Of drying up tho two cnsis
in tho prohibition desert.
Miss Anna Gordon. world and ma
tionnI president OF the ". &. 4. Z.
will conduct the campaign starting on
, lecture tour into tho two countries
newt month. Her itinerary viii cover
Havana, NiStanzas. Santiago. Isle OF
Pines. Nassau. new rroyincc In the
Tnhamas and probably other inrgc
cities.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, jan. 2e.-
leo sweeney. n young landscape
Gardner, committed suicide in n room
according 10 tho police. by hanging