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The Omaha Sunday Bee VOL. 81-NO. 31. teMfa mW Ciw M.lt. Ml, Jt. Is( r, w. a, tut. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1922 Hut (I Mart. " saS II slims In, i saaial hm. , I Mi l a e-aiaia I vu4 uim, lasts a Hum, J M FIVK CENTS Trade Picks! Arms Meet Diplomatic lJ n i ver Sal Rail! Triumi)h' Says Ul)dikeCurrencv! Proposed Up as Rates Speaking; of Armament, Why Is It CasreiVi . s TU 0:-a TnSvas I Cut .Wfptern Nrlirk Firmer Now Alio to Ship Hay at Profit Hog Buyer. Active in State. All Rail Traffic Booms (esallaV.sa mt Iwtim aaa) aa-rtrallue l I lamia aa4 Hutfala rau nl l (mi 1. 1 rat aaaaa m IUIW, arxollnf Mr. Iwtl if Tla ria aiarf, aba i maMng mt eea. j mowiM aurir, at Ilia llr. Mr, rear's! Ink sa4 Hill arllrlrs, aHiwaeinl In taase. aha lltal farmara. ahlle rsutteus. Bra Iwa a, iHrtt fart alw. By PAUL GREER. Kelson 15. Updike, Home From Attending National Farm Conference, Commends President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes for Leader ship in Meeting of Nations. WJ.pii '0'!'.e look at a Liii build in. Ihry are m outer walla and tl-c-outae irjufif pured by the archi tect, not it lyundatioii or inner .tnifture, which constitute the real buildinc Sometime on that account ttif iiujiili;c entirely it rel lic and strength. J Jut i the situation, to a dfijrcf, in tlie public's appreciation ot the work n( tht unit confirmee at Wellington, a viewed iy Ncl.on It. I'pdike of Omaha, who spent a werk in Wellington attending tin nation al f -iriu conicrriiee. "Udore I went to Washirgtoii, I had read an. I heard o nuirii about orwi i uiip, ,-m-p,, i , i.-pr. me many riinjeri unore ue arms t'ial,)-Jt i irtiitrth'na nime than a ; conference that I hardly knew what ft coincidence that the redueluMi ot 'right rate on farm produru ami the improvement in Nebraska's )ui t'ftf situation should have taken place at the Mint lime. The con. nrction between the two i impressed upon travelers in l.iiu-oln county. I'irnt let it lie announced that bom io small stations, llrrshey ami Itirdwood, Jive car of hay have been w,i. what," said .Mr. I'pdike jcter- ua. "Hint there had been so much ili.riin.inn ci disikirrcmeiilii. articu larly relative to the attitude of I rance, that one doubted whether or not the eonference could produce any result. Diplomatic Triumph. I he fact are quite other than Z'XrVeV'u ,W. 1 1t. Contact with men in Wa,hinK- .Ml ahniR the I'nion Pacific tines in thi wetern section farmer are crn baling and hauling hay. lor two year the market had been so i cut rioted by high freight rates that there mi 1cm loy to the farmer remote from the terminal in leaving lii alfalfa in the slack than in baling, hipping and tellint; it. The freight rate on hay from North 1'latte to Omaha wa $4,80 per ton. Tin' ' f''Riire now has been reduced 70 cent. Market Broadened. That doesn't look like much until it is taken into consideration that the ultimate market for this hay i in Wisconsin. Ohio and other eastward states. I'ntil freight charges were lowered, dealers on the Omaha grain exchange could not ship hay to these points at a price dairy tanners eotiiii iiaw Thi tntfee fail ihrir fcinrk roughage and got along, but r.ow they are able to buy Nebraska hay. The cut in freight rates has brought a savins;, but. more than that, it has broadened the western farmers' market. A heavy blanket of mow covers the fields, but front the train farmers can be seen getting ready to ship their hay. There also has been a re duction of one-half in the cost of balinir. which is now $2.50 per ten The only item that has not been re duced much is baling wire. Increase in all Traffic. , The freight cut has.hejQeid.gjQvtcr ana nanaiers oi an larm proaucis. It appears also to have brought busi ness to the railroads, a matter that can be fairly judged in North I'laite, .which is an important railroad cen ter. In one week of January, 900 cars loaded with goods passed through here as compared with 400 cars a week in the slack time of De cember. Almost 1,000 railroad workers were laid off here last fall, but now many frcignt crews are be ing called back. This is on the main line to the Pacific coast, and (Tarn to Tg Three. Colnmn One.) ton cave me information which proved the conference diplomatic triumph. Whatever some foreign diplomats may have said in public, while urging their own casts, it is generally admitted in Washington the achievements of the conference are almoit beyond the liupc f any. one when it was called, "President Harding' vision in summoning thee men t " . . ,o ton anil the remarkably , ' ' sound and efficient labored ,,i tarw of Stat llunhf. liav,i''1 in it tremendous advanceni...i ot the caue of world peace and have made poasible a tax saving of hundreds of million of dollar every 3 ear fur this and other nations. "President Harding gave the con ference it initial inspiration. Secre tary Hughe has been it leader, not merely by virtue of liis position, but because of hit genial affability in trying situations, hi power to ana lyze every problem and untie the most difficult kiHiH, his cvcil.i.ting persistence and hi insistence always upon driving straight and steadily toward the main point. Come Out a Leader. Controller of Treasury AJvo catfi International MVdi Exchange and ttion Until. "Would Check Inflation" By GRAFTON S. WILCOX. Unrnh Ilea l.aaartt Wire, Wa-hiiigton, J'cb. 4. With the Washington arms conference prac tically concluded, the administration now turn it attention seriously to the approachiu; Kiiiopran eiotiunuc coiifcunce at Genoa, A decision i to be reached as to the policy which this government ull pursue with relation to the (ienoa meeting, a policy to be out lined in the reply to be sent to the invitation received from the supreme ' council for American participation in "In this conference, as in the tin-j the dclbcration. fortunate peace conference at V'cr- It i well known that Presdent saille. the United States went in as Harding and Mr. Hughes determined a leader. Hut in this, unlike the soon alter the invitation was received other, the I'nitcd States came out i that no determination of the Amera a leader: it won what it went alter. AI-o unlike the league of nations producer! by the Versailles confer ence, the work of this conlcrenre iean attitude toward the Genoa meet' ing should be announced until the Washington conference adjourned. W hat final decision will be made doe not merely create machinery for ; by the American government toward luture solution of world problem. It active participation in the Uenoa con A nmiton will t limited at to tin ef mrmamtnf. constitutes of itself a definite and an (Turn to I'm Ton, Column Hie.) Anns Delegates Wind Up Meeting in Rush of Action Territorial Integrity uf China Affirmed Harding to Ad dress Last Plenary Ses sion Monday. Ballots on Second Day Fail to Elect New Church Head Casparri and Lualdi Lead in First Ballot, But Lose in Later Vote as Florence Cardinal Gains. Nicholas Senn Nurse Is Victim of Typhoid Miss Lulu Richardson, training school nurse at Nicholas Senn hos pital, died yesterday noon, following an illness of typhoid fever which de veloped four weeks ago. This is said to be the first death from this disease in Omaha this year, and was the only case of typhoid fever reported to the health depart ment last month. Miss Richardson was 21. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Richardson of Salem, Neb., where the hody will be taken for burial. She had attended the training school nearly two years. Edith Richardson, a sister, is a nurse in the service of the local health department. 110 on Train Killed in Avalanche in Japan 5 Tokio, Feb. 4. (By A. P.) One hundred and ten persons were killed and numbers of others injured when a railway train was buried by an avalanche at Itoigawa station, ac cording" to a dispateh from Nagano today. The victims were for the most part farmers, workmen and railroad employes wbo were engaged in clear i".g snow from the railway tracks. Medical relief has been dispatched to the scene from Nagano. Mrs. A. E. Allyn Injured in Dodging Automohile Lincoln, Feb. 4. (Special.) To escape being struck by an automo bile rounding the state house square at a high rate of speed on the wrong side of the street, Mrs. A. E. Allyn, wife of A. E. Allyn of the state , board of control, was forced to jump on the icy pavement. She fell and fractured her arm. Allyn, who was with her at the time, also leaped and fell, but suffered no serious injury. The automobilist did not stop. Army Pilot Flies 190 Miles Here in 1 Hour, 20 Minutes Capt. Thomas Boland, commander of the Sixteenth Observatioin squad ron at Fort Rilev, Kas., flew from Fort Riley to Fort Crook yester day, arriving here at about 12:30, flying a distance of 190 miles in one hour and 20 minutes. - Captain Bo land flew a regular D.-H. 4 army plane, and was accompanied by Me chanic Butcher. He will fly back to Fort Riley Monday or Tuesday. , Reduce County Expense. Broken Bow. Neb.. Feb. 4 (Spe cial.) The county board, of super visors lowered their estimate of ex penses 553,000. Washington, Feb. 4. (By A. T.) The arms conference today wound up its work with a whirlwind of ac tion. It formally approved the various agreements to make for peace in the far east. And in the closing moments, Arthur J. Balfour, head ing the British delegation, voicing the feeling of statesmen everywhere that China is the keystone of that structure, uttered a solemn warning that the world expected a respect ot TOf'TrtfitnlenB arrived 'at in strict good faith. Any nation, the British statesman said, which in the future aimed to transgress the principles laid down in the conference with regard to China need not plead ignorance nor seek to invoke any "secret under standing" with minor Chinese offi cials. Such a nation, Mr. Balfour impres sively declared, would be considered "outside" the comity of nations. Approve Pacific Treaty. .. In a brief hour's work which pre ceded a field day for oratory in which the delegation leaders took oppor tunity to pay tribute to President Harding for the calling of the con ference and for its work, the con ference put the formal stamp of ap proval on the results of the three long months of patient and not un troubled negotiations which will take their places in the niches of history. They were principally: Final approval of the four-power Pacific treaty with a supplement ex cluding the homeland islands of Japan from its terms. Final approval of the far eastern treaty affirming anew the open door in China and providing for her in tegrity against foreign exploitation and encroachment. Final approval of a treaty revising the system of Chinese customs charges a measure described as vital to the rchabilation of China by herself. Siberian Question. Formal announcement of a declaration of principles on the Si berian question, pledging the terri torial integrity of that land. Formal announcement of the agreement by Japan to hand back Shantung to China a conclusion of a subject that almost wrecked the peace conference at Versailles. Formal announcement of a declaration of Japan's famous 21 de mands on China and formal an nouncement of Japan's abandonment of the much attacked "group five." A provision to the naval limitation treaty that none of the powers pledged may sell any of their war ships between now and the time they are scrapped. A resolution to improve the protec tion of the Chinese eastern railway.' While today's work virtually com pleted the work of the conference it will formally be closed Monday with an address by President Harding. All delegates are making arrange ments to return to their homes im mediatcly afterward. Ford Makes Only Bid for Lincoln Motor Property Detroit, Mich., Feb. 4. Repre sentatives of Henry Ford today made the only bid for the property of the Lincoln Motor company at the auction sale held at direction of United States District Judge Arthur I. Tuttle. The bid was $8,000,000, the lowest figure that Judge Tuttle will accept. Beatrice Man Badly Burned When He Grasps Live Wire Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 4. (Special.) In falling from a stepladder at the court house while doing some wir ing in the basement, John Buchanan, an electrician, grasped a live wire in order to save himself and his jand was burned. Rome, Feb. 4. (By A. P.) A bal lot taken this afternoon by the sacred college of Cardinals, the second of today s ballots, failed to elect a sue cessor to the late Pope Benedict XV. Smoke began to appear trom the chimney of the Sistine chapel shortly before 12 o'clock. The expectant crowds watched eagerly, but the smoke cloud at once began to as sume the tell-tale dark color which indicated that there had been no choice. . a W s ' s " t- Doubt as to the color of the luioke signals from the chimney of the Sis tine chapel in the. .morning caused some confusion, biit the eagerness with which the throngs assembled before St. Tctcrs was evidence that the populace would not have been surprised at an election on the first ballot. Insufficient tow, it seeras, was mixed with the straw in which the ballots were burned, this result ing in light smoke, the sign of elec tion. Discretion prevails inside and out side the Vatican and no inkling, aside from the smoke puffs, may be gathered as to the activities of the conclave. El Monto, under the heading, "The First Indiscretion," is the only newspaper venturing to publish a purported result of what the conclave accomplished in its first day's sitting. ' First Ballot. This account says that Cardinal Gasparri and Cardinal Lualdi, arch bishop of Palmero, were leading on the first ballot, with Cardinals La Fontaine and Laurenti next, there being scattered votes for Cardinals Ascaliessi, Lega, Ratti and Tacci Porcelli. All are Italian members of the Sacred college. The second ballot, according to the newspapers, was virtually un changed, while the last vote gave a strong majority for Cardinal Mis trangelo of Florence, many votes being lost to Gasparri and La Fon taine. Vatican officials, who, although not, attending the conclave, are re puted to be best informed say all this is speculation. The officials, how ever, are unable to say whether four ballots are being taken daily or merely two. Governor Small's Trial Set to Start on March 6 Waukegon. III., Feb. 4. (By A. P. Tudee Clair C. Edwards today set the trial of Governor Len Small to start March 6. The state asked for 50 jurors a day at the start. WHERE TO FIND The Big Features of THE SUNDAY BEE ferencc is not known, but it is cer tain that the approach to the decis ion will be with caution. Controller of the Currency D. R. I Crissinger, in discussing the eco nomic situation, and the task at j Genoa, said that American co-operation must depend on the course adopted there by the European gov ernment.. Says Task Is Europe's. "The task at Genoa will be pecul iarly one for Europe to deal with," he said, "one which must largely determine how far the European peoples are prepared to go in order to assure economic rehabilitation. "The extent to which America can co-operate and assist them in their economic ditticulties will oepena almost entirely on the attitude they adopt. In the long run they will get all the assistance America is able to give them, because the giving will be of advantage to us as well as to them. "Whether the United States shall be an actual participant in the Genoa considerations or not, it remains true that we will have the liveliest concern in all determinations that shall be reached. Mr. Crissiugcr said he believed that a - sense-of- the. interdependent rela tionships of nations had been de veloped anl that the medium of es tablishing touch and understanding among them would be international trade. "Convinced as I am that the freest movement and largest volume of in ternational business would constitute the firmest guarantee of peace," he continued, "I am devoted to the idea that we need to give special atten tion to the development of those means by which to encourage the processes of world-wide trade. Facilities Disorganized. "Never since international trade relations have been important have the financial and monetary facilities (Turn to Page Two. Column One.) H. Stoltenberg, 90, Dies atFarniHome Bat m'tktnny UttU bandit Mat all ht can carry? United States C. C. Proposes New Body for Rail Problems Native of Germany Bought Farm From Late Joseph Millard. ' PART ONE. Three Start in Shrine Circus rire 4. Dawes Report Shows Bljr SaTinj Under Burget System Face Sports Xews and Featnres rages 8 and S. Nebraska and Iowa Farm wi rasa 11. Want Ads rates 12 and 13. Markets and Financial rage 14. TART TWO. Society and Newa for Women rages 1 to . Shopping With Polly Tags 4. "Wants to Be Regular Flapper" Tags S. "Court Vet Recalls First Nebraska Trial" Tage 5. Ths looters." Bine Ribbon Story, by rerceval Gibbon rage 6. "The Married Life ot' Helen and Warren" rage . "SIPO.nOO Reward," Serial by Hen ry C. Rowland Tags 7. Fililnrlnl Comment rage . Amusements Taget 9, 10 and 11. For ths Children-, rags VS. Hans H. Stoltenberg, 90, died Fri day night at his farip home, north west of Florence, where he has lived continuously for 50 years. He was ill two weeks. Mr. Stoltenberg was born in Hol stcin, Germany. He came to Omaha in 1870, purchased his farm, which is 10 miles northwest of the Omaha postofficc, from the late Joseph Mil lard, in the spring of 1871 he took up his residence on the farm. A few months later he married. Mr. and Mrs. Stoltenberg,- cele brated their golden wedding anni versary June 10, 1921.' Mrs. Stolten berg survives him, as do tour sons, Henry, Will, Emiel and Otto, all of Florence, and two daughters, Mrs. Gus Lage of Calhoun and Mrs. H. Erck of Leigh. Neb. There are 11 grandchildren surviving him. funeral services will be held Mon day at 2 in the St. John Lutheran church north of Florence.- Dallas Fire Department Answers Seven-Mile Call Dallas, S. D., Feb. 4.-(Spccial.) By quick work.of the Dallas city fire department, the farm home of E. W. Usher was saved from the flames. The Usher farm is seven miles from Dallas and a telephone call for help to extinguish the flames was answered by rushing the fire truck and fighters to tlrfc farm. Would Have Central Agency, Headed hy Commissioner General, to Act As a Clearinz House. Sidewalks Left Wide to Hold Baby Buggies San Francisco, Feb. 4. Be cause it was reported that women wheel baby buggies three abreast along the sidewalks of Clement street, in the Richmond district of San Francisco and that nar rowing the sidewalks would mean mothers would have to leave their babies home when they shopped, the lighting committee of the board of supervisors has aban doned temporarily a proposed measure to widen the street by cutting down the width of the walks. Merchants of the district complained that it would ruin business along the street The United Stales Chamber of Commerce has proposed, through its railroad committee, that an agency be created by the govern ment to be so organized as to con stitute a clearing house for railroad problems, and to interest the public in them, according to word received Saturday by the Omaha chamber. The committee recommends thjt a commissioner general of transpor tation be named by the president in the event that the agency is created. Invite Local Delegates. Local organizations have been asked to send representatives to a meeting of the national council of the United States Chamber of Com merce in Washington, February 8 and 9, at which time the report of the committee is , to be discussed. C. C. George, member of the board of directors of the Omaha chamber, and Edgar H. Scott, Omaha at torney, will represent Omaha at the meeting. C. E. Childe, manager of the traffic bureau of the local chamber, opposes the idea. Declares Plan Impracticable. "It is impractical and allows du plication of work being done by ex isting governmental agencies," he said. "The Interstate Commerce com mission should guard the interests of the public, which is made up of all interests. Such a plan would re quire an organization similar to the Interstate Commerce commission, and would be a useless and expensive governmental department. Predicts Public Opposition. "The public as a whole would op pose any consolidation of railroads, and the shippers would be a unit against the railroads consolidating in a few large systems. The national chamber is on dangerous ground when it suggests consolidation." Manager Childe favors railroad matters being handled as they now are, by the Interstate Commerce commission. Louisville Toll Bridge Is Closed for Repairs Plattsmouth, Neb.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) The Louisville auto bridge across the Platte river will be closed Monday for an indefinite period of time while extensive repairs are made. The Pollock bridge, north of this city on the Omaha-Kansas City highway, is also undergoing re pairs, but not of such nature as to ticup traffic. These two bridges, both on the line between Cass and Sarpy county, are the only remain ing toll bridges over the Platte in Nebraska. Slayer of School Teacher Sentenced to Be Executed Des Moines, Feb. 4. (Special Telegram.) Joe Williams,' recently convicted of the murder of Sara Barbara Thorsdale, Vailcy Junction school teacher, was sentenced to be hanged February 9, 1923, by Judge Lester Thompson today. The sen tence was in keeping with the rec ommendation of the jury, j Former Des Moines Mayor Is Injured James R. Ha una Expected to Die as Result of Crossing Accident. Des Mjiues, Feb. 4. (Special Telegram.) Struck by a southbound Northwestern train at a crossing about a mile south of Ankeny, James R. Hanna, former mayor of Des Moines, was probably fatally in jured at 11 Saturday morning. Hanna was placed on the train and rushed to Des Moines, where the police ambulance took him to Iowa Methodist hospital. It is thought his skull is fractured. According to W. Geyer, engineer of the train, No. 53, Hanna was driving a truck eastward over the Northwestern tracks when the engine stalled. The southbound train struck the vehicle amidship, flinging Hanna from his seat. Colon Man iKlled by Fall on Sidewalk Fremont, Neb., Feb. 4. (Special Telegram.) Frank Martinson, 31, auto mechanic of Colon died of in juries received when he fell on a slippery sidewayk Thursday night. In falling, Martinson was struck in the abdomen by a small piece of concrete, which caused internal in juries. It was the second acciden that had occurred to Martinson the same day. Earlier in the evening, while un loading a shotgun, he accidentally discharged it, tearing a hole in the kitchen ceiling and narrowly miss ing his own head with the charge. Before parting with two friends on the fatal evening lie remarked jokingly that if he did not show up in the morning to get up a search ing party to look for him. He had not gone a half block from where the remark was made when he fell. He is survived by his wife and three children. Compensation Awarded Grand Island Residents Lincoln, Feb. 4. William H. Gripgs and the dependents of Earl Long, both of Grand Island, were awarded compensation for injuries sustained in line of duty by the state compensation department. Griggs will receive $15 a week for a period of 19 2-3 weeks for temporary total disability resulting from a compound fracture to the bones of a finger and in addition receive 22 1-2 weeks for the loss of another finger. Long's dependents will receive $5.35 a week for a total of 350 weeks with $150 for burial benefits. Long died from injuries received when caught in a bread mixer. Ardmore, S. D., Man Injured in Fall From Coal Hopper Alliance, Neb., Feb. 4. (Special.) Mike Clanahan. 35, of Ardmore, S. D., is in the Alliance hospital with a broken nose, a fractured wrist, se vere cuts and bruises on his face and body and a possible fractured skull as the result of falling through the hopper of a coal car on the Burling ton two miles west of Ardmore. He was unloading the coal for bridge construction at that point, and in at tempting to break loose frozen coal in the bottom of the car. fell through the hopper, 30 feet to the ice below. He will recover. Colored Water Sells Well at $25 Per Quart ! But Dispenser Nabbed When Hotel Man Complains Carried Real Stuff for "Taster." Twenty-live dollars for a quart of colored water! That's the tune to which a number of Omahans, residing- in a well known apartment hotel in the shadow of the postofficc, were stung for a bottle of liquid strongly re sembling whisky or cold tea. Roy Walls, who gave his address as 1410 Woodland street, Kansas City, was arrested Saturday after noon by federal agents for dispens ing the amber liquid. He had 10 quart bottles in his possession when nabbed in the engine room of the apartment hotel. He also had a bottle of the "real stuff," which he is alleged to have permitted the prospective purchaser to taste first. The bottles are labeled "Buck Ridge whisky" and bear the name of a former Kansas City firm which flourished in the "wet"' age. Walls is said to have been "taking orders" in the vicinity of the apart ment building for several days and was reported to the prohibition en forcement officer by the hotel manager. Salt Lake City in Grip of Worst Storm of Year Salt Lake City, Feb. 4. Salt Lake City and the region within the Wa satch mountain range is today wrap ped in the heaviest snowfall of the season with train service into the city reported from 30 minutes to several hours late. The street car service was interrutped for about two .hours this morning. A heavy storms is also reported in Nevada, trains of the Western Pacific from Oakland, Cal., having been blocked. Insane Man Begs Police Surgeon to End His Life Peter Perepluck, 33, living and working at the Millard hotel, begged the police surgeon to kill him when police were called to. Ferepluck'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. Kenyon Not to Resign Until Dispute Settled, He Wires Des Moines, Feb. 4. (By A. P.) Governor N. E. Kendall received a telegram from W. S. Kenyon today stating that he will not resign his seat in the United States senate to accept hte appointment of circuit judge of he eighth district until the constitutional question raised has been settled. The Weather Forecast. Sunday Mostly cloudy and some what warmer. Hourly Temperatures. .1 a. m. a n. m. 7 a. m. a a. m. ft a. m. 10 a. tn. 11 a. m. II noon a..v ...57 ...5 ... ...S ...21 ...SI ... ...3S 1 P. S P. a p. 4 P. s p. p. 7 p. ..in . .4.1 ..4 ..44 ..!! . .X9 . ,S Blackmail Hinted in Film Case IMrctim Probe Into M) plen um Past of Moie Direct or, hi Search for His Slayer. Still Seeking Ex-Valct By EDWARD DOHERTY. Oitialis lira ImmI Wire, l.os Angeles, Cat,, IVb. 4 --D'tr. tei lives searching the phst of William Di'Miionil layloi, sum Mm ilireiim, began todav b see some vavtie hint of M.nkiiu.l in thr murder, when they learned that the dead man also had been known as liluni I f jur laiuicr, and thai he way have been married mine tha nonce. l'lie v still ate lookiuc for the etii'- i.-. i.. i u i. , ,...... ir i.titt.iMi i. ,-mii'is, or r.uuam Fit, or Fit a Stratlmiore. the r valet, wanted on charges, of forgery and burglary. They si ill are sreking to question the "certain other direc tor" who is said to have been in sanely jealous of Taylor's attentions to "a certain film star." Hut thev are branching out in t' scope. They are learning mote about that mysterious past. Mme and more people are coming into the searchlight thrown on the life of the adventurer, soldier, gold seeker, film director, squire of dames. More men and more women are being sought. Halo Misplaced. It has been learned that Taylor, or Tanner, kept in his bachelor apart ment a set of pink silk niKht gowns and combinations, tl has been learn ed that Sands had charge of theie and that he used to fold them up every morning- and smooth thein out. It has been learned that he used to fold them a certain wav ami that every morning he would find they had been folded by someone else and sometimes there" were strav hain.ins in the folds or on the floor. Tffey have learned that the halo painted around the dead man's head by admiring friends does not belong there, is a mockery. Taylor's body lies in the undcrtak in" :,arlors, covered with a satin pall save for the head, the head of an Aztec with thin wide lips, thin aristocratic nose, high check bones, spangled gray hair. And there are red hoses in the room, sent by Mary Miles Minter. Miss Minter Hysterical Miss Minter was not at the in quest, which was held this morning, but she was represented by counsel. She had known the dead man well. She was hysterical when she learned' of his death. "It was terrible," she said. "I rushed at once to my mirror, and looked at my face. I was appalled. I kept the expression and hurried to mamma. "Mama, I cried, did you ever S'e this expression on my fare before?" "' No," she said,' it is perfect, frozen horror! You've never done it before." There were no women's tears at the inquest today; only the tears of Harry Peavey, the dark-skinned valet and cook. He wailed aloud when he went into the room. He knelt and cried. He cried on the (Turn to Page Two, Column Two.) New York Influenza Epidemic Spreading New York, Feb. 4. Influenza cases continued to spread yesterday and reports received at the health de partment last night indicated, Com missioner Copeland said, that a new high record for the year would be reached in the 24 hour report to be made public today. There were 1.122 new cases of influenza and 20C new cases of pneu monia reported yesterday morning, as compared with 1,052 influenza and 186 pneumonia cases Thursday. There were 15 deaths from influen za and 72 from pneumonia listed in today's report. If a steady increase of cases is noted over the week-end, the com missioner declared that the Opening and closing hours of department stores, offices, factories and other establishments would be changed, as in the 1918-19 epidemic, to avoid the usual crowding on the subway, elevated and surface car lines. Chicago Expects Pay Ruling to Start Building Boom Chicago, Feb. 4. Chicago's long awaited building boom was expectc 1 '.t. start here today following the ac tion of the building trades unions last night when they voted to acceot the Landis wage award and return to work immediately. The Landis wage award, which as handed down by I'ederal Judge Landis on January 31, makes no material change in the award he handed down last fall and over which the present controversy arose. The new award is effective on lunc 1. Judge Landis was selected last year to act as arbiter in building trade disputes. Bulgaria's Valley of Roses Faces Extinction by Disease Philippopolis, Bulgaria, Feb. 4. Bulgaria's famous valley of roses, which produces 90 per cent of the worlds' supply of the fragrant Attar, faces extinction. More than half the bushes in the entire area at the foot of the Balkan mountains covering ;hiisands of acres, are affected w ith a disease resembling phylloxera. Ex perts have been unable to determine its exact nature or treatment. The wholesale price of oil of roses is 40,000 levas (francs) a kilo gram. At the current rate of ex change this is cquivakut to about $125 a ponnd. 4 1 ,1 "I