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.Conditions Four Women Stand Out in
r .. c i Probe of Taylor Murder
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Farmers
Friiri Iiicredse OueTbird on
Some Products "Thing
Whipping lp" in Men
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Wobbly Market Feared
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By PAULGREER.
tViitra! City. Neb., Frl. 5.-(Spr-cli(.)
Price of some farm products
have iiitifafl as much as one-third
in a fnv weeks' time. A little profit
now it bring made. in rattle, a lot
on sheep and good deal on hogs.
Farmers are getting some money
back on wheat, though niot of that
gram ai shipped out of Merrick
ounty too tarly to Ret the benefit of
t!ic hiuher quotation. Hay is netting
?6 to Si a ton.
How doe the farmer feel? What
docs he say? Here is one who ha
brought a load of hogs to town in
a trailer hitched behind hi automo
bile and sold them, lie pulls to the
'urb by the public square and goes
into me uank, cjtner to pay oft a
note with the proceed of his falc or
to make a deposit. There is no e
concealing the fact that he was fol
lowed, after a 'decent interval. The
president of the bank called the farm
er over to his dck and we were in
troduced. A single question started
things off.
Things "Whipping Up."
"In the last 10 days things have
whipped up a lot, but before that
they were darned punk." the farmer
began. "Times are changing a little
bit. Two weeks ago I sold a load of
hogs for S6.20 a 100 pounds; today
I got $8.1(1. tt my brother shipped
a car of fat cows the other day and
got just 35 ceuts a bushel for the
corn he fed them, and nothing for
his labor. If he had not run hogs be
hind them in the feed lot, he would
have had a heavy loss.
"I milk a few cows, and so do my
neighbors. We have done pretty
well until lately. If the price of but
terfat doesn't go tip where it was,
a good hiany will quit milking cows.
There is a good deal of talk about
starting a co-oserativc creamery to
see if we can keep more of the pro
ceed of dairying right here at home.
When we invest a dollar in raising
crops we want ito know what is go
ing to become of it. We're going to
know some of t.iese days, when the
farmer gets stronger representation.
Xo. I don't mean in politics, particu
larly, but the time must come when
we caii gft up and say what we'll
take for our crops, instead of asking
the other fellow what he'll give.
Thai's the way the other lines of
business are run.
Unstable Market.
"If they'd o.uit bobbing the mar
kets around, fanning would be a
(Turn to fam Tno. Column Two.)
Movie Actress Dies
From Effects of Gas
Xew York, Feb. 5. Florence
Dcshon, 28, motion picture actress,
died last night at a hospital after
being removed from her gas-filled
apartment in the Greenwich village
section.
' "Miss Dcshon was said to have
come here from Los Angeles about
two. weeks ago. She had sublet the
apartment in which she was living
from Doris Stevens, who recently
became the bride of Dudley Field
Malone. .
The police were, not informed of
the young woman's death until 12
hours after -her removal to the hos
pital, One window in thft apart
ment was found open. .
Police officials said a preliminary
investigation indicated that Miss
Dcshon's death was the result of, an
accident. .
Coast Points Designated
aa Markets for Barley
Washington, FVb. 5. Secretary
Wallace announced the designation
of the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce as a contract market for
barley, and the designation of the
' Los Angeles grain exchange as a
contract market for barley, sor
ghums and corn, within the meaning
of the future trading act. Members
of the two exchanges, therefore,
will be permitted to deal in con
tracts for future delivery of these
commodities without being subject
to the tax of 20 cents a bushel cn
each contract for future delivery.
The two designations, bring the
total number of contract markets so
authorized by the secretary of agri
culture to 11.
,
Hoepital Project Will Be
Discussed at Superior
Superior, Neb., Feb. 5. (Special.)
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a big mass meeting Feb
ruary 7. The Superior hospital proj
ect will be presented. The hospital
board has arranged to sell 500 serv
ice certificates which will entitle the
holder or any member of his family
to a week's service in the Superior
hospital. These certificate sell for
$12.
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Cost of Living Drops.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 5. In its
frst complete statistical summary of
trade" and commerce for the north
vest in 1921. the Minneapolis Fed
eral Resejve bank declared today th?.t
the cost of living has declined 12 per
cent in the Ninth federal reserve dis
trict between January 1, 1921. and
January 1, 1922,
Camera of Police Investigation Into Death of Film
Director Shows "Clofe Up" of Famous-Film
Stars-Hollywood World Heal Stage
With All People Movie Actors. '
I.o Angilet, Feb. S.In the pic
tire-we in jijiivooj. ai mown tiy
the (4mri4 pf the pohcr int'tiiR-
I ion into the murder ol William lies
mond i')lor. thru is the closeup
oi iur young women.
This it the bome of the studios
large wooden buildings. mot ol
them, and the home of the 'cinema
H.it . A strange new home, i
laughing, sparkling, unbelievably
pretty new world,
line cu ma see. men and
women, faces painted rcn as the
I'itttrs and the Sioux, tiding in gav
coloird motor cr, walking in
gaudy, blauut, bluing sporti
clothe, lugging funny looking dogs,
carrying strange pet, carrying on in
weird ways.
Here all the world i really a
stage and alt the men and women
movie actors. '
There are men in coif suits who
cannot tell a caddy from a niblick,
or a bunker from a stymie; men in
riding togs who think a horse has
something ti do with a wagon;
men in khaki and puttees who be
lieve the greater battle ever fought
was filmed by Griffith.
And out of the press of these,
step the four women in the Taylor
murder, Mabel Normand, Mary
Miles Mintrr, Edna l'urviancc and
Claire Windsor.
Miss Aor
'. Vm. niand. the
' , athletic com
edienne, is
listed under
the classifica
tion ol reg
lar fellows."
An untrained
young Avom-
an, she is re
j markably in
? tclligent. She
4 : . --ir .j..
13 OV.ll " CUU-
cated. She
reads every
thing she can
find, from a
treatise on
i psvcho anal
'1 ysis to the
latest quip by
Stephen i-ea-
' cock.
She dotes on pies and peanuts and
' V- r
1 ' V. ' yj'
i jr.. if am. . r-v,
outdoor pports, ihe simi; she' a
fish in the water. When she put.
cn a bathing suit and rairs li-r
arms preparatory to diving into a
tank or the salt sea ware, all the
eyes in the icinity are (curd on
hr giaceful ligure. She lovt-s it-
the kwmininiff. not the fvtt. .
JiIIC KOIIK, SUP iur, m .r v
Inner ua k. klic orivri a DPn v nio- '
tor tar.
Great Times With Mabel
' M ilitl
Final Pacts
Ratified by
Conference
X'urk of Delegates Completed
t Plenary Ses-ion Saturday
Two T nelating to
vWl'rovcd.
orrt
fylA- 'v'wjQt the back ol a
ffcCf?) (&, 'Hi"(t Wend.
T ' to be ridden
iV J i round the
Y t . 1 :a', "houtincr.
1 V "" v AJ sinking, laugh
JVV ' iflK wavinjj
aj..v her ar
Ev yT - Great t
'7
m s.
imrs
when Mabel is
! irouud,
, Mary Miles
M inter the
perennial u c
hutante. the
type' of uirl
that all the
young movie stars are popularly
supposed t,o be, a sweet young wo
man, with a vacuous blonde pretti
tiess, and all the little foolish affec
tions of the I . Scott Fitzgerald flap
per. "A very decent young lady." they
say about her. "A nice girl. An ac
tress who plays nothing but dainty
roles, never anything unclean, young
but not so young as she was once
upon a time."
Edna Turviance Miss Turviance
has taken part in many of Charley
Chaplin's comedies. A beautiful
woman who isn't fond of being call
ed "a picture girl."
Edna's friends say she would rath
er have the chauce observer believe
her the daughter of a wealthy pork
packer or soap maker.
Once Engaged to Chaplin.
She was once reported engaged to
Chaplin but this does not neces-
(Tarn to Pure Two. Column One.)
Lad of 10 Crushed
Under Motor Car
Dies Hour Later
Boy Mortally Injured While
Riding Coaster Wagon Still
Nameless and Unclaimed ,
Last Night.
Crushed beneath the wheels of an
automobile at Twenty-second and
Clark streets at 2 yesterday . after
noon, when the coaster wagon on
which he was riding slid beneath the
moving car, a lad whose identity still
eluded the police at a late hour last
right lay unclaimed at the Hcafcy
undertaking parlor.
. G. H. Gibson, 3021 Meredith ave
nue, was driving his car south on
Twenty-second street, and told po
lice the lad was ridmg his coaster
wagon north. Just before' they" met,
he said, the lad steered the wagon
directly unacr nic car. .
Youngsters of the neighborhood
gathered while the ambulance was
coming, but none could identify the
injured boy. He was about 10 years
old. ' '
The police ambulance took the boy
to Nicholas Senti hospital, where he
died in an hour. The wheels had
passed over his chest.
No report of a lost boy had ieen
received at po'jce btation late last
night, and though' policemen made
a housc-to-house search of the
neighborhood where the accident
happened no one was found to claim
him. i
Gibson was taken to police station
and released after an appearance
bond of $2,500 had been posted. He
is superintendent of the Fairmont
cxeamery.
Military Funerals Held
for Victims o Movie Crash
Washington, Feb. 5. Two mili
tary funerals were held in Arling
ton national cemetery for Knick
erbocker theater disaster victims.
They were those of Edward H.
Shauglmessy of Chicago, second
assistant postmaster general and
fcrmer colonel with the American
expeditionary forces, and Captain
and Mrs. William E. Warner.
High government officials attend
ed the 'funeral of Assistant Post
master General Shauglmessy. Four
air mail plane9 scattered flowers
over the grave. -
Rail Company Gives
Bond of $20,000 for
Pullman Car in Court
Commander of
Boer Forces in
War of 1899 Dies
Gen. Christian De Wet, Prom
inent in Conflicts With Brit
ish, Expires in De Wets
dorp, South Africa;
By The Auoclntcd Vittn.
Bloemeontcin, Union of South
Africa, Feb. S. Gen. Christian Dc
Wet, commander-in-chief of the
Boer forces in the war of 1S99, died
in DcWctsdorp Friday.
Christian Rudolph De Wet was
born October 7, 1854. He served in
the first Angla-Bocr war of 1880-81,
and was a member of the volksraad
when the second war, when he took
such a prominent part, broke out.
He was given an obscure com
mand, but was later sent to relieve
Gen. Cronjc, whom he succeeded on
the latter's surrender.
His operations against the British
were marked by considerable stra
tegical ability, his forces annihilat
ing isolated British posts while the
enemy's columns attempted in vain
to surround him.- ,'
In the peace negotiations of 1902,
he took a prominent part and later
visited Europe with other Boer gen
erals, seeking without avail a modi
fication of the terms of peace.
He was elected a member of the
first parliament of the Orange river
colony in 1907, and was' appointed
minister of agriculture.
Shortly after the outbreak of the
world war he headed a rebellion in
the Orange free state and western
Transvaal which was surpressed
after a month of fighting, in which
a son, Daniel, was killed and Gen.
De Wet wounded. When his forces
surrendered to those under General
Louis Botha, De Wet escaped with
25 men, but was captured.
He was tried in June, 1915. con
victed of treason, sentenced to six
years imprisonment and- fined $10,-
UW. He was released alter beme
t:. i '
iuiunii:u univ ma inuuuis.
"Wonder GirFrto Be at
Lion Club Luncheon
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 5. United States
District Attorney E. G. Davis yes
terday filed the case of the United
States against "one standard pull
man sleeper," which was seized by
the state and federal agents under
provisions of the Volstead law. Pa
pers were served on the car just as
it was about to leave for Spokane.
Friday night officers searched the
sleeper and found two suitcases of
liquor. They arrested three pullman
employes who. following arraign
ment, were placed in jail because of
inability to furnish bond.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad
company later gave bond of $20,
000 for appearance of the car in
court when the case is called,
Eugene Dennis, "wonder girl,"-will
undertake the role of lion tamer at
the noon luncheon of the Ljons club
at Hotel Rome Tuesday. She will
be present as the guest, of Julius
Johnson of the Rialto. ,
File Petition in Kearney
to Restore Councilman. Plan
Kearney, Neb.. Feb. 5. (Special)
There -was filed with City Clerk
Wheelock yesterday a petition bear
ing 700 names, the signers of which
ask that a special election be called
i'cr the purpose of voting on -i
change in conducting affairs of the
city. The signers favor a return to
the councilmanic' system, with two
representatives from each ward, and
a mayor. The commission form of
government has prevailed for the,
i?st six years. For the most part the
petition was signed by those pro
testing failure of the city commis
sion to extend paving during the past
I ear to points south of the hailroad
tracks. It is expected a special elec
tion date will he set, should the pc
titiou be held legal.
. Adjourn Monday
4,-
VY lr AMorlalfJ rrM.
Washington, Feb. 5. The arms
conference made the last entry on
its record of achievements and pre
paird for sine die adjournment
Monday.
At a four-hour plenary session two
more treaties and half a dozen sup.
ulemcntal resolutions were passed
through the final stage of confer
ence approval and then the delegates
exchanged farewell courtesies in
speeches expressing universal satis
faction over the results of the history-making
12 weeks of negotia
tion just ended.
Monday's session wilt be devoted
to formal signature of the confer
ence treaties and to an address by
I'rcsidcnt Harding, voicing his ap
praisement of the work accepted ry
the conference he called. Most of
the foreign delegates plan to leave
Monday night or Tuesday,
Approve Chinese Pacts.
The two treaties accepted form
ally at today's session both relate
to China, one providing ior a re
vision of the Chinese customs sys
tem and the other embodying F.tihu
Root's four points and the open door.
Some of the separate resolutions
put on the record deal with col
lateral Chinese questions but includ
ed in the lot was a supplement to
the four-power Tacific treaty, ex
eluding from the scope of the agree
ment the principal islands of the
Japanese empire.
A few hours after the plenary ses
sion .adjourned, the Japanese and
Chinese met and siened the treaty
by which Shantung is to be returned
to Chinese control. Although the
long-debated Shantung question oc-
umed a key position m the con
ference program, the negotiations by
which it was settled proceeded out
side the conference and only the two
oriental powers were made parties
to the treaty.
Season of Oratory.
Every delegation had a voice In
the final season of oratory that
really brought the work of the aon
icrence to a close and every spokes
man predicted that the negotiations
vould buHc-large in the history -of-'
tne worid. Secretary Hughes for
the United States and Arthur J.
Balfour for Great Britain, hailed the
conference accomplishments as usn
cring in a "new era" of international
understanding and Albert Sarraut
for France eulogized the record of
r.chievcments as constituting the
"loftiest precedent of mankind." Sim
iiar expressions came from all other
national groups. . .
Galleries Almost Empty.
The utterances of the statesmen
during the final period- of orator?
were addressed, strangely enough, to
(Turn to rare Two, Column Four.)
The English Bull Dog to the French Poodle:
"Sometimes I Wonder Wild Won the War!"
Victory Notes Now
Accepted for Taxes
Washington, Feb. 5. Secretary
Mellon has issued instructions to in
ternal collectors, it was announced
today, to accept Victory notes in
payment of income and rrofit taxes
due March 15. Notes of either the
4-)4 per cent or 334 per cent scries
will he taken as a result of the or
der which was issued under the pro
visions of the last tax law.
In connection with the announce
ment the secretary said:
"Victory notes, in order to be ac
cepted in payment of taxes March
15, 1922, must be in coupon form
an', must have all unmatured cou
pons attached, that is to say, cou
pons for June 15 and December 15,
1922, and May 20, Settlement
for accrued ' interest on the' notes
from December IS, 1921, the last
interest payment date,, to March 15,
1922, will be made by check from
the federal reserve bank direct to
the taxpayer. Victory notes in reg
istered form will not be acceptable."
$
Morris Company
Sustain Big Loss
Net Forfeiture of $3,863,506
Reported for Last Fiscal
Year Prospects Belter.
Chicago, Feb.- 5. Morris & Co.,
t packers, sOstaincd a net loss for the
year ending October 29, 1921, of
$5,863,506, while this loss and oper
ating expenditures reduced the sur
plus account from $13,271,796.20 to
$1,299,255.43, a decrease of over $11.
900,000, according to the financial
report made public today.
Volume of sales was satisfactory,
however, the report stated, adding
that cash in banks is over $2',500.000
and quick liabilities are about $7,
800,000, while quick assets are over
$39,000,000, a .ratio of about five to
one.
Commenting on the. report in a
message to stockholders, Nelson
Morris, chairman of the boiird of
directors, said:
"The year just closed has proba
bly been the worst year in the his
tory of the livestock and packing
business. The tremendous drop in
all livestock and wholesale meat
prices to prewar levels has made it
impossible to operate except at a
loss, a large part of which, of course,
was caused by readjusting inven
tory values to the new basis.
"Prospects for the coming year
are better. W'c have already had
some reaction in prices and our in
ventory today is worth considerable
more than at the close of our fiscal
year. Every effort is being made to
get expenses in line."
O'Connell Likely
to Reach Vatican
in Time for Vote
Smoke Forces Hotel Guests
lo Street in Nightwcar
Men and women in the Dodge
hotel were smoked out Sunday
mornine by a small fire in the base
ment of the hotel buildinsr and ran
to the street in their nightwcar. The
hie started in a pile of rubbish m
the basement ot the Dodge trmt
store. Aside from smoke, it did no
damage.-
New York Growing
New Jersey
British Glohe Trotter Says
Metropolis First "Bone Dry"
City He Has Found
in. 100,000 Miles. '
k- Omaha Bee I.eand Wire.
New York. Feb. 5. New York
city is becoming dryer and dryer.
Just before the steamship Amer
ica cast off from its pier in Ho
boken yesterday J. Gould . Brown,
British globe trotter, announced:
"My wife and I have been travel
ing continually for the . last 15
months. - We're glad tc leave New
Yrork. ' It's the first 'bone drv' city
we've struck in 100,000 miles."
The withdrawal of bonded liquor
from New Y'orl: warehouses was al
most down to a minimum last
monfTrr' Prohibition Director Day
announced. Only 11,000 gallons of
whisky found its way out of bond.
With the exception of September,
this is '.he smallest amount with
drawn in this city since the advent
of prohibition.
A man with 72 quarts of Scotch
packed in suitcases and destined for
the Hotel Plaza was arrested as a
bootlegger last night when a police
man became suspicious of the suit
cases,' in the back seat of an auto
mobile. The automobile. and liquor
were seized.
Dryer and Dryer;
Wetter and Wetter
Concealed Liquor Supplies
Brought Into Open Since
Enforcement Act in Mis
quito Slate Js Illegal.
Omaha Bee t,rasiil Wlrr.
Newark, N. J..- Feb. 5.' New
Jersey is becoming wetter and wet
ter. The state noted for its official and
general disrespect for the 18th
amendment is rapidly becoming al
most" as "wet'' as in the pre-VoI-stead
days. Since the Vaniiess state
enforcement act lias been declared
unconstitutional concealed supplies
of liquor are being brought out into
the open and men sentenced to pris
on terms for violation of 'the act are
being freed in a. wholesale manner.
Only 20 federal agents are left in
the state to enforce the prohibition
law, according to reports, and it is
not believed that Commissioner
Haynes will send additional forces.
With the removal of the slate en
forcement machiner'. New Jersey is
now enjoying a damper period linn
any that has been known sine: the
days before socalled prohibition.
American Cardinal Expected
to Arr'c in Rome Today
- .-Ballots on Pope-Sunday -.
: .Were Fruitless.
Br The Associated FraM.
Rome, i Feb. 5. Sunday passed
without the election of a new pope.
Balloting by - the conclave of card
inals continued todav. but so far
as could be learned, without coming
any nearer to the selection of a suc
cessor, to Benedict XV than pre
viously. ' '.
,It is now considered a certainty
that Cardinal O'Connell will arrive
in time to take part in the ballot
ing tomorrow. Indeed, the cardi
nals are reported to have discussed at
length the advisability of prolong
ing the sessions so that at least one
representative of the church in
America could be present.
The thick veil of secrecy which
surrounded the deliberations with
in the Vatican since the conclave
convened Tuesday, was lifted
slightly today when it was learned
from a most authoritative source
that Cardinals Gasparri and Merry
Del Val were leading "candidates
Friday, with a few scattered votes
for five other cardinals. On Satur
day morning the conclave was still
deadlocked and the cardinals real
ized that the election of cither of
these candidates was impossible,
and. in consequence, both were vir
tually eliminated in the afternoon.
The cardinals were busy last
night, looking for a compromise
candidate with Camillo Laurenti,
secretary of the congregation of the
propaganda, and Giovanni Tacci,
papal majordomo. prominently to the
fore. . Cardinal Tacci was repbrted
tobe leading" in the balloting. -
The crowds awaiting the apos
tolic benediction, which was not
forthcoming, numbered probably
100,000. The long wait for the last
smoke signal, with the accompany
ing disappointment, led to the con
clusion that the sacred college had
decided to retard its final choice
until an American cardinal occupied
a place among the thrones in the
Sistine chape!.- , ..- .
College 'Student Under
$10,000 Bond for Assault
Snokanc. Feb. 5.--Maurice P. C'o
odol. Northwestern university medi
cal student and Barrett medal man
at Gonzaga university of this city,
where he was prominent in athlet
ics, was .released on $10,000 bonds
on a charge rf firt degree assault.
Frank P. Brinton, an arrny pri
vate, stationed ' at Fort George
Wrighf, near here, whom Cododol
is accused of having thrown over
a railing and down an airshaft from
the third floor of a local business
building last Wednesday, was said
to-be hovering between life and
death at the fort hospital.
Crew pf Steamer Rescued
Shortly Beforfe Ship Sinks
New York, "Feb. 5. The story of
three days of prayer .in a raging sea
and of prayers answered in the nick
of time, was told by two women and
six men of the crew of the Nova
Scotiau steamer Donald L. Cook,
who arrived on tankers from
Mexico, where they had been land
ed by the British steamer San Eduir
do. The battered, water-logged hulk
of the Cook went down less 'han
two hours after they had been lak;n
i off, the rescued mariners declared.
Decrease Shown
in Unemployment
Department -of Lahor Reports
Improvement, in. 40 Out of
65 Cities During January.
Vv'ashir.gton, Feb. 5. Unemploy
ment decreased snarply '"fn .. the
United States in , January, the De
partment, of Labor reported , today,
and 40 out of 65 cities and industrial
centers had 4.2 per cent more work
ers on pay rolls January 31 than
December 31. The calculation was
made from the reports cf 1,428 con
cerns normally employing more than
500 people each.
Nearly all industries outside of
steel, textiles and railroads, in
creased their forces. In Detroit,
center c.f the automobile industry,
t! ; increase was 89.9 per cent; in
Sicux City, la., 21 per cent, and
S--n Franci.-co, 14.8 per cent.-
Dci.vcr showed the largest de
crease in employme:.', with a drop
of 43.7 per cent during the month.
While the results "fail to give any
indication of the substantial im
provement in business activities pre
dicted for January." the report said,
"increase in employment in. metal
products tther than iron and steel
and miscellaneous industries is the
encouraging feature.
"The feeling that there will be a
decided change for the better by
early spring is manifested every
where and seems to be based on real
evidence of prosperity and not mere
optimism."
Owner Thinks Defect
Caused Movie Wreck
Washington, Feb. 5. Belief that
some Haw in. the structure of the
Knickerbocker moving picture thea
ter caused its collapse under the
weight of snow last Saturday night
with more than 90 fatalities, was ex
pressed by Harry Crandall,. pro
prietor' of the chain of theaters
which included the Knickerbocker.
Mr. Crandall is having an indepen
dent investigation by engineers to
determine, if possible, the cause of
the catastrophe.
Mr. Crandall said he had no
knowledge of any weakness in the
roof, or any other part of the build
ing and that when a license to op
erate the theater was granted, all
responsibility for its safety passed
to the District of Columbia author
ities, but he emphasized that if it
should be shown that he was in any
way responsible for the disaster, he
wauled to be punished.
Insane Man Begs Police
SurgVon to End His Life
Peter Fereplurk. 33. living and
working at the Millard hotel, begged
the police surgeon to kill him when
police were called to Perepluck's
room by his wife Saturday after
noon. According to the wife, Pere
pluck had not eaten for two days
and became insane. Police found
him lying undressed on a bed in his
room. He was taken to the county
hospital.
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Officials
Baffled in
Film Case
Tingle of Tip and Clues
Tends lo Deepen Mvntery
Surrounding Slicing of
Motie Director.
Search All But Hopeless
By EDWARD DOHERTY.
thuaha rW Uwl Mir.
I.os Angeles, Feb. 5. The mur
der of W illiam Desmond Taylor.
film director i'f national reputation,
nuy never be solvrd.
Scores vl lcuihs are woiking on
the rac, but thrre are many battling
anglri. many clues that lead lio-
vhcre, nuny .tips that serve only to
to iioua i tic tuiuuiy oi ine man
wlw fired the shot, and the mystery
grow more complex every tniuiiie.
(lie detectives are still looking tor
Edward F. Sand, former valet and
friend of the sbn director, (or a
man known as a broker, for another
director, for a number oi "hop"' vc"
dlrrs.
Twenty men and women are un
der suspicion. Twenty theories are
bring entertained, but not one ar
ret lias liccn mauv, not a single
valuable clue has been unearthed.
and the search has become all but
hopeless.
C.ty Near Crisis.
The murder mystery has brought
the city virtually to a crisis.
J here arc hundreds ot substantial
rltirens w ho see in the case, the iron
hand of the moving picture giant.
holding down the curtain that the
police and newspapers would lift.
Ihey believe the movie interests
would spend millions of dollars not
to catch the murderer, but to pre
vent the truth from coming out, to
evert the exposure of Hollywood, to
tr - t
fqiicicn. nciore n is oorn, ine scan
dal of the century.
Taylor, who seems to have desert-
e ' his wife and baby some 14 years
ago, who lived under an abas, who
surrounded himself with people of
doubtful character men who sew.
crochet, and embroider, women of
queer reputation and who lived the
typical life of the movie director as
pictured in all the gossip of the
studios was the Saint of Hollywood,
according to his friends.
Movie World Prefers Silence.
Men and women who knew him
say he was a charming gentleman,
above reproach. .
- It is quite true that the movie
world would prefer lo have this case
"handled' in silence, even ignored. -
Associates regret the death of Tay
lor sincerely, but they feel the least
said about it the better. .
They fear the world may come in
know all about the little parties that
help to relieve the tedium of studio
life, the unconventional companion
ship between extra girls and assis
tant movie directors.
They fear that the movie patron'
may learn how "Tillic Hopscotch"
who played the sweet country girl in
the latest Blah release, entertains
her friends by dressing them all in
silk- kimonos, irrespective of their
her friends by dressing them all in
siik kimonos, irrespective of their
gender, and squats them down in a
circle to drink orange juice, gin,
beer and ether, or some other queer
mixture with a kick.
Orange juice and gin Is the fav
orite tinplc of many a dear, lovely
child of the screen. Ether and hect
are considered the portion of a heal
thv "he-man."
Hollywood is content with itself,
its morals, its views of life. It
wants no change. It wants no chas
tisement. It wants to go on.
Movie Bosses In Power.
The movie bosses' arc in power in
Los Angeles.
They have been able so far to keep
down the blinds. Did an exposure
threaten, they vowed to . leae Los
Angeles, ha? and baceaee. T.os
Anrrclcs can ill afford to lose' the
mvillions of dollars spent and in
vested by the movies.
If the movies leave Los Angeles,
the city will suffer.
Even now the police are seeking to
round up five peddlers of drugs, who
cave been in many a movie star's
bungalow, who know sinister things
about the cinema world, who may
know something of the murder.
"It's terrible," said one of the stars
today.. "Already the people are be
ginning to think us a lot of morons,
degenerates. If this keeps up I sup
pose they'll put us behind barbed
wire and throw raw meat to us and
put up sittns reading, 'Don't feed the
animals.' "
Many Studios Closed.
The scandal is breaking, too, at a
particularly inopportune time for
those of the movie colony. Many
studios have closed temporarily.
Many actors and actresses are out
of work, living on such crfdit as
they can get. They have saved noth
ing. WMien they had money they
spent it fof gav clothes, for music,
for parties, and they haunt the of
fices of the casting director they,
begging for the chance to play even .
4 small bit. anything at all. Some of
them, who have been featured, would
even delight lo get into a mob scene.
, Those now at work are rcceivinx
reduced wages, trying to live up to
their old salaries.
The police are getting scant infor
mation from the movie colony about
the real character of the dead man,
about his friends, his enemies, about
i'.ny possible motives for the mur
der. The police are worl kerhard. btit
they are under a tcr ...v. handicap.
They must deal gently with the
stars. Some of the police are friend'
of the big actors and actresses; have
taken money from them as wages for
appearing in certain pictures. The
police are not going to question
tn em as tenaciously as thev wotil i
"a girl of no position who had been
caught shoplifting.
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