TIIE 3IORXIXG OKEGOXIAX", MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1923 - 7. ATTEMPTS TO HIDE MURDERER SCENTED Exposure of Depravity Movie World Feared. in SCANDALOUS MESS BARED Slayer of Director Taylor May 'ver Be found, if Film In terests Have Their Way. BT EDWARD DOHERTT. LOS ANGELES. Cal Feb. 6. (Spe- cls.L TSe murder ot William Des mond Taylor, film director of national reputation, may Dver be solved. Scores of sleuths ars working on the case, but there are many baffling angles, many clews that lead nowhere. many tips that serve only to cioua me identity of the, man who fired the hot. and the mystery arrows more comolex everr minute. The- detectives irt still looking for Edward F. Ma rids, ex-valet and friend of the slain director, for a man Known aa a broker, lor another director, for a. number of "hop" peddlers. Twentr men and women are under suspicion. Twenty theories are being; entertained. But apparently no clew of any great value has been un earthed, and the starch, has become al but hopeless. City Brourtt Crisis. The murder mystery has brought the city virtually to a crisis. There are hundreds of substantial eltnens who see in the case 'he Iron hand of the moving picture Riant, holding down the curtain that the po lice and newspapers would lift. They believe the movie interests would spend millions of dollar, not to catch the murderer, but to prevent the truth from coming out, to avert the exposure of Hollywood, to squelch, before It is born, the scandal of the century. Taylor, who seems to have deserted his wife and baby some 14 years ago, who lived under an alias, who sur rounded himself with people of doubt ful character men whe crochet, em broider, women of queer reputation and who lived the typical life of the movie director, was pictured in all the gossip of the studio as the saint of Holly nood, according to his friends. Tayler Declared Charsslag. Men and women who knew him say he was a'charming gentleman above reproach. It is quite true that the movie world mould prefer to have this case bundled in silence, even ignored. Associates regret the death of TayW sincerely, but they feel the least said about it the better. They fear the world may come to know all about the little parties that help to relieve the tedium of studio life, the unconventional companion ship between extra girls, assistant movie directors and in many in stances, between male and female Stars. They fear that the movie patrons may learn how "Tillie Hop Scotch." who played the sweet country girl In the latest blah release, entertains her friends by dressing them all in silk kimonos, irrespective of their gender, and sauats them down In a circle to drink orange juice, gin, beer and eiher. or some other queer mixture with a kirk. Hollywood Is Cotatetat. Orange juice and gin is the favorite tipple of many a dear, lovely child of the screen. Kther and beer are con sidered the potion of a healthy "he man." Thev fear that there might be some misunderstandings if the fans learned j about those very free moonlignt parties, sometimes held in the Bev erly lulls district, where nymphs and naiads dance in costumes made purely of melting moonbeams. Hollywood is content with Itself, Its morals, its views of life. It wants no change. It wants no chastisement. It wants to go on. The movie bosses are In power In Los Angeles. They have been able so far to keep down, the blinds. Did an exposure threaten, they vowed to leave Los Angeles, bag and baggage. Los An geles can ill afford to lose the mil lions of dollars spent and invested by the movies. Dnc Peddlers So-aartat. If the movies leave Los Angeles the eitv will suffer. Even now the police are seeking to round up five peddlers of drugs who have 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 and degenerates. If this keeps up I suppose they'll put us behind barbed wire and throw raw meat to us and put up signs reading 'Don't feed the animals. " 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 credit as they ran get. They have saved nothing. When they had money tney spent it for gay clothes, for music, for par ties, and they haunt the office of the casting director daily, begging for the chance to play even a smail bit. anything at all. Some of them who have been featured would even de light to get into a mob scene. srsnt Isfornatlos Obtained. Those at work are receiving re duced wages, trying to live up to their old salaries. The police are getting scant infor mation from the movie colony attout the real character of the dead man. attout his friends, his enemies. atout any possit'ie motives for the murder The police -are working hard, but th, y are under a terrific handicap. They mast deal gently with the stars. Some of the police are friends of the hig actors and actresses; have taken money from them as wages for ap pearini. in certain pictures. The po lice are not going to question them s tenaciously as they would "a girl ot no position who had been caught thoplif ting." ; The police rest their hopes of so lution in a series of tiny ridges and whirls and loops, the faint lines made on tiie smooth surface of doors and tables and chair arms in the cozy bachelor flat where Taylor lived; on finger prints, and on the information to be obtained from a band of dope peddlers they are watching, and on the arrest of Taylor's ex-valet, Ed ward K. Sands, or Strathmore. The finger prints, though, are the most reliable clews so far found and in them rests the fate of some of the prettiest stars in the movie colony. sriojKee Ar UltM-ev ere. It is Impossible to tell the finger print of a man f mm that of a wom an, but an expert might be able to make a good guess from the size and shape of the print and it seems that a number of women left their lJenti- WAR CORRESPONDENTS AND GENERAL PERSHING AT PEACE Overseas Commander Invites Overseas Writers to Renew Old Asso ciations and Banquet Is Held at Metropolitan Club, in Capital. w (Coprriirht. 1912. by The Orea-nIan. ASHISGTOS, D. C Feb. 6. (Special.) Now. Indeed, it may be said that the war is over. The general commanding the Ameri can expeditionary forces and the war correspondents who saw service in France have broken bread together. The lion and the lambs gathered about the festal board at the -Metro politan club on Friday noon at the general's request to "join with him in a renewal of old associations. There were many stories of the try lng days in France and many confes sions were made. General Pershing confessed that he personally had acted as censor at times, and the cor respondents opined that they knew at last why their dispatches bad been delayed so long. -I wanted to know something about every phase of the work of the ex peditionary forces," said the general "and so I had the press officers bring the dispatches to me from time to time so I could see just how they were being handled. "You must have learned a great deal about . war from those dis patches," suggested one of the bolder spirits at the luncheon amid a burst of laughter. But the general insisted on being serious for a moment. "I do not believe the people at home realized how much they owed to you boys. I don't believe even that the army had anything like a full appreciation of your work." Gathering Is Strange One. It was sort of a strange gathering of correspondents at that. There were 15 of us in all. Some had trav eled from distant fities to be present. The remarkable feature of the as semblage was that with but one ex ception not a correspondent at the luncheon had written a book about the war. The reason for this is not difficult to explain. The closer one got to the war, the more one saw of it, the more it became a part of one, the less you could write the stuff of which books are made. It -was easy enough, and gripping enough to write the dally dispatch, but to attempt to view the war in objective was virtu ally impossible. It was remarked at the luncheon that with one or two exceptions those who wrote the most about war were the ones who saw the least of It. Correspondents who made a three days' tour of the front and got but one impression of the war came away and wrote for weeks and months. Those who lived with the armies and knew what was going on everywhere along the line were sadly hampered by facts. General Pershing admitted that he himself had experienced great diffi culty in attempting to write of the war as a whole. One was conscious always of the inadequacy of mere words. The war zone was a world apart. Many Remlnlscetaees Made. The luncheon brought out many reminiscences. One of the most in teresting had to do with an invitation the war correspondent with the American expeditionary forces cabled to Colonel Roosevelt to come over and Join them at the front. The colonel, having been denied the privi lege of taking a division to France. had accepted a post as one of the edi torial contributors to a mid-west paper. "Now that you are In active harness as a full-fledged newspaper man, why not come over as an accredited war correspondent?" read the cable gram. "We will use our best en deavors for you with the censors." "We wanted to see." said one of the correspondents later, "what would happen when 'dee-lighted," met 'deleted.' " It was one of the great regrets of the war to the correspondents sta tioned at N'eufchateau. a short way from headquarters at Chaumont, that Colonel Roosevelt's reply to the message, sent by letter, never reached them. The reply came to head quarters all right and was entrusted to one of the press officers a scion of an old New York family with the temporary rank of captain. The en voy displayed the envelope and the famous handwriting and Oyster Bay stamp OS it to several of his cronies in a cafe at Chaumont.' But when he reached Neufchateau that night the letter was lost. Being written by pen, there was no copy ot it to be had. Colonel Roosevelt referred to the letter late-- in a communication to young T. R., who at the time was with the First division, but we never received what unquestionably woul-J have proved & historic document. "The 'old First division,'" com mented General Pershing, Friday, "what a fine body of men they were. Whenever I meet one of the men from the First in my travels I feel like hugging him. I tell him that he had the distinction to serve with the finest division that ever fought in any war for any country." General Pers-hing learned a lot about himself at the luncheon Friday stories that no one dared tell "the old man" during the grim days of the wax. For Instance, there was the story of Heywood Broun, the dra matic critic, who leaped almost over night from the theaters of Broadway to the theater of wax. It was his first experience wi-tb. an army, or with army discipline, and although his sympathy was with the enlisted men. accredited corresiondents at the front had the tatus of officers, wore the Sam Brown belt and everything. Consequently they were generally saluted. Whenever a doughboy wouIt salute Broun the latter would more than often walk up to him, pat him on the back and tell him that waa U right," and if there was an es- taminet in the neighborhood the two would hasten away to where the vins were accustomed to flow, both rouge and blanc. It so happened one day that Broun was in a party of correspondents ac companying General Pers-hing on an Inspection tour. It was in the early days of the American expeditionary force. All hands were somewhat green and there was a great deal to find fault with. Bromi followed the general and listened to his dis ciplinary talka for half an hour or more and then he gave up, He also blrew up. "He may be a damn fine fighter," Id Broun, "but one thing is cer tain nobody Is ever going to call him "Papa Pershing.' " And I guess he waa riglht," laughed the general when he heard he yarn. IS WATCHED TAYLOR MURDER 'Suspect" Is Quizzed Later Released. But DRUG VENDOR IS SOUGHT Several Sew Developments Mark Inquiry Into Death of Film Producer. f Continued From First Page.) ties stamped in the prosaic furni ture in the. dead man's rooms. The police had hoped to find fin ger prints of tne muraerer. mej have sent to the army neaaquaners for the prints of Sands, taken when he enlisted during the war cut it Is not certain they have Sand's prints amons those brought out by the aluminnm dust in the house in Al varde street. They have found smudges that might have been made by a man, prints indistinct, impressions that could not be photographed, blurs that remained blurs when the dust was sprinkled on them. They are nrinta that Taylor made himself. prints that Henry Teavey. his colored cook and valet, must have made and the tiny prints that were left by the dainty fingers of women. Hepntatloa May Be Blasted. The notice are attempting to iden tify these prints in an effort to find an tne v.omeu n , c.c. . - moving picture man at bis home. It may be one of them was the innocent cause of his death. It may be one of them wore the silken things so care fully kept in the bureau drawer up stairs. This, the single picture of a finger, may blast the reputation made by thousands of pictures of a beautiful face. Many of the movie stars have been questioned by the police. Mabel Nor mand, who left Taylor a few minutes before he was killed: Mary Miles Min- ter. who became hysterical wnen sne i-enrrl of the murder, and others known to have been fond of him at some time during his life in Holly wood, have been interviewed by the police, but have been unable to fur nui. the slightest clew. Can the others tell anything of value? A woman today called up the de tective headquarters and said she had some information on the-murder. De tectives went hurrying to her home, but would not say what she had re vealed. It was the first bit of infor mation given voluntarily. Pravey Tries to Leave. Henry Peavey. by the way. put all his sewing into a satchel this after noon, his beautiful pillow tops, his ex quisite doilies, his crochet work and his tatting and prepared to depart from the city. He called on Captain Adams to let him know of his inten tions. "Not so quick." said Adams. You will stay in los Angeles until re leased." "I can't stay, captain," said the darkev, "I'se very lonesome without Mr. Taylor. I'll sure miss him. cap tain. Got no one now to squz or anges and lemins for. Got no nice room to do my sewing in. Please let me act ' The captain explained that he want ed I'eavey to remain as a material witness and declared that if he tried to go away he might find himself in another nice sewing room, with free board. NET ACREAGE IS TOTALED t 75,000,000 ACRES COCI-D BE MADE TILLABLE, SAYS BOOK. Edition Just Off the Press Written by V. Ii. Powers and T. A. H. Teeters of College. There are approximately 75,000.000 acres of marsh land and several times that amount of wet lands In the United States which could be made available for a high state of cultiva tion by drainage, according to the declaration of "Land Drainage," a new book Just off the press as one of the Wiley agricultural engineering series. The book was written by W. L. Powers, chief in soils of the Oregon Agricultural College, and T. A. H. Teeter, ex-professor of drain age and irrigation engineering at the agricultural college. The book deals of the various phases of drainage primarily, from the agricultural standpoint, developing the subject largely as a matter of ap plied soil physics. The volume, according to announce ment of the authors, is intended first as a text book for students of general agriculture or agricultural engineer ing, second as a reference book for practical farmers and, third, as an aid to owners of wet, overflowed, marsh. swamp or alkaline land who desire to improve their holdings. An idea of the thorough manner In which the subject is handled may be gained by running 'over some of the chapter headings: "Development, Im portance and Future of Drainage," "Benefits of Drainage." "The Rela tion of Soils to Drainage," "Forms of Soil Water," "Types of Drains and Their Location." "Materials for Cov ered Drains," "Depths and Frequency for Tiles," "Measurement of Drain age Water," "Size and Grade for Tiles," "Construction of Underdrains," "Cost and Profit of Tile Drainage." "Development of Wet Lands." There is also a department treating with district drainage and special drainage problems. ex-employe had been heard to ex claim, when he heard of the slaying "Bill Taylor got only what he deserved." Only Minor Poattloa Held. The Investigation showed, the police said, that the man had been employed on the Famous Players-Lasky "lot working under Taylor in a minor capacity. One day hs waa drunk when he went on duty. Taylor ordered him removed from the place. The next day the man returned, only to find an order from Taylor that he should not be admitted. The police said they had begun search for him, but with little hope of important results, as the affair seemed too trivial to lead to a murder. Ex-Butler Still Sought. Sands also was still a figure in the Investigation of the tragedy, police detectives said, after running down numerous clews to Sands' where abouts. The "main issue" at the pres ent time, one investigator said, was to establish where Sands was for sev erais days prior to the shooting of Taylor. Questioning -of . film actors and actresses and other acquaintances of Taylor in and out of motion-picture circles was continued. Peavey, also valet for Taylor, who found the body Thursday morning. also was questioned. Peavey's statement was understood to relate to the arrangement of furni ture and other possessions of Taylor in the apartment where the tragedy occurred. Continued Interest was expressed In the statement of Mabel Normand, film actress, that letters written by her to Taylor, which he had pre served, were missing from his apart ment. Investigators said they did not believe the letters in themselves would throw any light on the case, but that they were at a loss to under stand why anyone should take the trouble to remove them, assuming Taylor had preserved them to the time of his death. A. L. Manning, head of the criminal Investigation department of the sher iff's office, and several deputies were absent most of the day. on a mission connected with the slaying. The district attorney's office also had men assigned to the case, work ing jointly with the police detective force. The possibility that the slayer was a frustrated blackmailer was also be ing considered. There was also de clared to be a remote chance that he was a burglar, surprised by Taylor, who fled after shooting; without at tempting to remove any valuables. Slayer la Believed Man. Captain of Detectives Adams, who is directing the police investigation said everything in the case indicated that the slayer was a man. Whether the fact that Taylor had changed his name from that of Will iam Cunningham Deane Tanner, by which he was known in New York 14 years ago, had any bearing upon the case had not been determined today. according to the police. This cir cumstance seemed to have no bearing upon the principal angles of the mys tery which have been under investi gation, it was stated. DEALER RECOGNIZES TAXSER Work on Hospital Stopped. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 5. (Special.) Work on Salem's new hospital was stopped here last night because of a lack of funds. The lirst unit of the structure will cost approximately lit.t'OO. of which more than $39.01(0 already has been expended. Henry Meyer?, chairman of the building committee, issued a statement today in which he said that many persons who had subscribed towards the structure had failed to pay their Jan uary assessments. Fair Set for August. CENTRA! J A. Wash.. Feb. 5. (Spe cial.) R. R. Somerville. Lewis coun- i ty cotnm'sstoner. retimed last night from Spokane, where he attended the annual meeting of the North Pacific Fair association, at which 1922 fair rtates in the northwest were fixed. The southwest Washington fair will be held the week of August 24, Mr. Somerville announced. IRISH OUTRAGES KEEP UP Two "Black and Tan" Constables Are Shot Dead. DCBLIN. Feb. 5. Michael Collins, provisional president, has informed a deputation for Derry that the pro visional government intends to es tablish an advisory committee to counsel it on matters1 concerning northeast Ulster. Outrages continue. Including shoot ings and robberies. Two "black and tan" constables were shot dead in Ciare county Friday night. A farmer was killed by shots fired through the door of his house near Thurles. Dog: Deaths Mount. YAKIMA, Wash.. Feb. 5. Deaths of valued hunting dogs here, due to poison, yesterday reached 23. The dogs are estimated to be worth $1500. Additional deaths yesterday, follow ing 14 Friday, were all in the same vicinity, along or near Pleasant ave nue, in the southwestern part of the city. Girl, 8, Dies of Injuries. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 5. Ethel Boggs. 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Boggs, residing near Deer Park, Wash., died recently as a re sult of injuries received a week ago in a coasting accident while at school. She waa struck with a ski held by a boy playmate. Heavy slabs, cheaper. Edlefsen's.-Ad. Antique Shop Owner Says Taylor Was In New York on Business. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. A tale of how he had known William Desmond Taylor, slain film director, under the name of William Cunningham Deane Tanner, was told here today by Harry Foster, proprietor of an antique shop. Foster formerly was in the same business in New York, where, he said, he met Deane Tanner once or twice a week for years. He knew his habits and his family, Foster said. "Tanner then was a partner -in an antique shop at Thirty-first street and Fifth avenue," said Foster. "His two business associates were A. J. Crawford and a man named Barker. "That was about 18 years ago, as I remember, and for several years thereafter, until the antique shop went bankrupt. I called on Tanner in the capacity of a salesman. After the shop went out of existence, I lo sight of Tanner until about a. montn ago. here In Los Angeles "At that time a well dressed man entered my shop. I recognized him immediately, but he refused to recog nize me. He assumed the role of a stranger. I asked him if I could help him in looking over my goods and he replied curtly, 'No, I'm just looking around. "At first I thought I might have been mistaken in identifying him as Tanner. After I had watched him for a time as he wandered around the shop, I decided I had been correct " 'Aren't you Mr. Tanner?" I asked stepping up to him. 'Mr. Tanner for merly of the antique shop in New Yorkr "He looked up briefly and replied I was mistaken and hurriedly left the shop. He never returned." Foster said pictures of Taylor pub lished since his slaying had convinced him he was correct in his -dentifica-tion. Sands or Edward Fit Strathmore, his former butler, whom the director had charged with a felony, was the fur ther statement today by Henry Peavey, Taylor's colored house man. "Not long ago," said Peavey, T was showing Mr. Taylor a coat- I had bonght. That looks like one Sands stole from me,' he said. Oh, if 1 could only get my hands on that fellow!" Melborne MacDowelL, actor, hus band of the late Fannie Davenport, looked over an old scrapbook today and then gave to the press his belief that Taylor, under the name of Cun ningham Deane, played with the Fan nie Davenport company at the Fifth- avenue theater. New York, in 1894, and later in Boston and during a tour ol the country In lS95and 1S96. ueane was a handsome young Englishman," said MacDowell, "and I believe he and Tayjor were the same Taylor's body, dressed In the un! rorm of a British officer, because of his service with the British forces during the world war, was viewed today by many friends and others at the undertaking establishment, where it will lie until the funeral services Tuesday at. St. Paul's Episcopal pro- catnearaj. Many flowers were sent there, too. awaiting transfer after the services to the cemetery vault, where the body will be held until the arrival from Mamoreneck, N. Y., where she is at school, of the director's daugh ter. Ethel Daisy Taylor. Pallbearers, selected from Taylor's personal friends and members of the Motion-Picture Directors' association. will be William C. de Mille, Frank Beal. George Melford, Arthur Hoyt, James Young, Frank Lloyd, David Hartford ajid Charles Eyton. . Members of the British Overseas club will attend the funeral In a body and a squad of ex-Canadian soldiers will fire a salute over the casket. Lester Wing, Chinese ex-chauffeur for Taylor, said today the director once, in an expansive mood, had told him: "I never really loved but one woman. She was my stage partner. I was engaged to her, but she died before we could be married and I'll never marry another woman." The only woman with whom Taylor passed much time during Wing's service with him was Neva Gerber, film actress, who said here Friday she and Taylor once had been, en gaged to be married. " But, while he and Miss Gerber were together two or three times a week, according to Wing, Taylor passed most of his time alone. Wing related a number of instances of Taylor's kindness to people in general. Winifred Kingston, flm actress, to night characterized as "ridiculous" the reported possibility she had been engaged to marry Taylor, a rumor that spread after it was discovered the only framed photograph found in the director's apartments was one of her. Miss Kingston said she and Taylor had been intimately acquainted. She said he told her he had been married and had a young daughter. I also learned somethimg of Sands. the butler," said Miss Kingston. "When Edward Knoblock was living at Mr. Taylor's home, Sands, at vari ous time9, bought a considerable amount of lingerie, which, I under stand, he gave to a youn-g girl a very young creature in whom he was interested and who lived at home with her mother. All of this he charged to Mr. Taylor's account, I was told. This naturally enraged the director when he returned from abroad. 'One day, to show his affection and regard for Mr. Taylor, Sands drew up contract stating he would be the director's servant for life, would al ways be his slave. I don't know what happened to the document, but I do know Mr. Taylor laughed about it." The search through the director's belongings today brought forth mes sages and notes from many film actresses, including Blanche Sweet and Gloria Swanson. TAYLOR KNOWN IN YUKON m "Then.and Now"Seriesjf 186 - j v.im tail- Early wood cut of Multnomah County Court House which stood on same site aa present Court House. Eredted 1845-6. Prosperity Returns with the Close of the Civil War "TJ.REAT rejoicing, min gled with that har rowing sorrow which is , t ever the toll of war, marked the termination of the long, heart breaking struggle be tween North and South. For Portland it was the beginning of an era of pros perity; the erstwhile frontier settlement was rapidly assuming; the proportions and airs of a real city. The dreams of her pioneers, to the realization of which they had striven so mightily, were being consummated at a gratifying rate gas lamps adorned her street corners ; a telegraph line, but recently connected up, facilitated communication with the East, via San Francisco; the Oregon Iron Company, with a capital of $500,000 had been organized; the Willamette Valley Railroad these and many other projected enterprises gave intimation of her great future. And in the forefront of this amazing development fostering, encouraging, helping then as it does now, to the limit of its great resources, Ladd & Tilton carried the banner of optimism and faith. TILTON u Oldest in the Northwest Washington at Third MEMBER LFEDERAL RESERVE .bYblfcM, llfliiflfilfiifijiii IHH Four Years Passed as Timekeeper for Alaska Gold Company. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Feb. 6. During most of the time between the disappearance of William Desmond Taylor in New York in 1908 until he entered the employ of a motion pic ture company in Los Angeles in 1912, he was working" as timekeeper for the Yukon Gold company in Yukon terri tory, according to George Morrison, city engineer here. Mr. Morrison said last night Mr. Taylor went to San Francisco from New York early in 1909 and from there was sent to the Yukon, arriving at Dawson in March, 1909. He re mained there until some time in 1912, accoraing to lvir. .raorrison, wno was hydraulic engineer for the company during that time. ie then went under the name of William Desmond Taylor, but he told Mr. Morrison, of whom he made a confidant, that was not his real name. He also told Mr. Morri son, according to the latter, that he left New. York because of debts con tracted while he was an art dealer there. Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago society leader, was his personal back er, he told Mr. Morrison. MALLET USED IN FIGHT CEDOK ROMANOFF AC MAN AND WOMAN. JUSES of the book. Mr. Hoflich is promi nent in various lines of scholastic endeavor and recently won the local oratorical contest at the college and with it the right to represent Albany college at the state intercollegiate oratorical contest to be he'd at New berg, March 10. tion of the disabled American veter ans of the world war here June 26 to 30, was dispatched to Marshal Joffre of France today. "PAST" SEEMS COMPLICATED Taylor Reported to Have Been in Trouble in Alaska. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. What the police said tonight might throw some light on what seemed to be the "com plicated past" of William Desmond Taylor was told today by Len Sledge, a Spanish-American war veteran who lives at the national soldiers' home at Sawtelle, near here. "In the fall of 1908," said Sledge, "I was in Lewiston, Idaho. One day an acquaintance pointed out to me a picturesque figure in a frock coat, large soft felt hat and wearing long hair. " 'That's Bill Taylor,' said my ac quaintance. 'He came here recently from Alaska, where he was either United States marshal or a deputy. He had some trouble in Alaska and got out by concealing himself in a box or a barrel and getting aboard ship un discovered. T learned Taylor had opened a small show in Lewiston. I am sure from pictures I have seen of Taylor that he was the man I saw in Lewis- ton." Tending to show the alleged feel ing of Taylor toward Edward F. CHINA SENDS THANKS Harding Congratulated on Help in Settling Shantung Question. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 5. (By the Associated Press.) The following cablegram from President Hsu Shih Chang of China was received today at the White House: "I am most happy to learn that dur ing the conference at Washington, through the untiring friendly Interest taken by your excellency and by all the American delegation, a solution of the long-outstanding Shantung ques tion has been made possible. Thus the peace of the far east is further as sured. On behalf of the government and people of the republic of China I have the honor to extend to your excellency our sincere thanks and felicitations." HARBOR CONGRESS SET Proposed St. Lawrence Canal Ex pected to Be L-ivest Topic. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 5. The seventh convention of the national riveps and harbors congress would be held here March 1 and 2, it was an nounced today. The programme has not been def initely formulated, but the official call stated that "peirhaps the livest of the topics to be discussed was the St. Lawrence ship canal." Retail Furniture Men Gather. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5. Hun dreds of delegates were here for the annual convent-ion of the Pacific Coast Retail Furniture Dealers' asso ciation which will open tomorrow. It is expected the attendance will be 1000. Proprietor and Porter of Richelieu Hotel Arrested on Complaint of Alleged Victim. Anna Taloof, proprietor of the Richelieu hotel. Sixth and Couch streets. and Mike Willes, porter of the same hostelry, were arrested yes terday afternoon by Detectives Leon ard and Gordon on charges of beat ing Cedor Romanoff on the head with a mallet. They were released on J200 bail each. Romanoff was ordered placed under arrest on a charge of ' drunkenness and disorderly conduct and also held as a witness, after lacerations and contusions of his scalp were dressed at the emergency hospital. He told the police that during the turmoil $220 was lost from his pocket. Miss Taloof said Romanoff had come into the place in a drunken condition and started to pull her around by the hair and that Willes, the porter, had come to her rescue. Romanoff was getting the beet of Willes, she said, when she grabbed the wooden mallet and hammered him over the head until he desisted in his attack. Romanoff said Miss Taloof had started the fight and that Willes had come to her assistance. Marshal Joffre Invited. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5. 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