FRIDAYS. FEBRUARY 10. 1922.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON.
OH
STAR TELLS 0
RELATIONS WITH
SLAIN DIRECTOR
KILLED TAYLOR,
AUTHOR HIS
(ratm4 Tram pe Oa
rrest In the William D. Taylor murder
mystery today.
A seddler of narcotics well known to
the pollcw haa disappeared from his Hol
lywood home, missing since the day of
the murder. ,
None of hi if studio acquaintances are
able to give a clue as to his where
about, x
The man V. new Taylor well, although
f h- picture direr tor la not sospected of
having heen' a dmit addict. Taylor, like
rrry other motion picture executive.
who thrown In routart lth the ocra
xlnl "hr.DhewlH" among- the studio
tianc-ra-oo.
Anions; Tykr's acquaintances were
women of the Hi ml ion who are known to
e addicted to "dope."
The mystery of the "dope" peddler'i
'lliuappearanie Is Ix-lieved sufficient evi-
lerwr to warrxnt a rlRtcl Investigation
Anion thoo slated for questioning
at the office of IHstrict Attorney Thomas
Irf-e Voolwlne today are several ac
ouatntaiicea of the ""loner," who. It l
tiop- d. may have some clue, to his where
h hoots.
H H M hCUPKTKI)
New and direct evidence eincling the
rich and Idle oi of a New York manu
facturer from the four unnamed sus
pects, under Inventlgatlon electrified the
ilstrh t. attorney's office today. The
lead wax furnished by lirputy Sheriff
Joseph Nolan, who returned from Holly
wood, made a hurried report and again
disappeared. ,
"The new ancle lam working on may
result In an arrest within the next few
hours. If the man we're after falls to
Irar up the question of his whereabouts
on t ha niht of the murder." fiolan said.
Th young man was (Trilled early In
tha murder In vesication. He offered
an alibi, which cleared him at tha time,
but which Is now rapidly crumbling as
one witness after another named In tha
alibi Is cross examined by District At
torney Woolwlne, it is reported.
The man under suspicion, reputed to
be Jealous and hot tempered, is said to
be In love with an act rees prominently
mentioned in the Taylor case and might
hare had a hand In the shooting.
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$1000 damage.
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ISFORW ATIO FOR (IRA M D JCRT
By A. Chetter Keel
VoiTonal arrtr Htlf CorrwpondeaC
Jt Angeles. Fob. 18. Five persons
appeared . before District Attorney
Thomas Lee Woolwlne late yesterday
and were questioned at length concern
Ing their knowledge of William Desmond
Taylor on any Information they might
possess concerning his murder.
Woolwlne will submit the evidence to
a grand jury soon to be Impanelled It
was anounced. His decision was also
made. It was reported, when It was seen
that little progress In the solution of the
mystery was being made by other
aowrcea.
The district attorney's Investigation
was an outstanding feature of the case
today.
MISH 50R.VAM D EXONERATED
A sensation was created by Captain
Adams when he ald :
"I do not believe Mabel Normand
killed Tsylor, It Is possible that sh
may hove bean the cause of. his death,
bui entirely Innocent' o( any connection
with It. It Is poatlble that some drug
erased admirer may have followed her
to Taylor's house and killed him In a
Jealous frenzy. Whoever killed him
made sure of hla deed. He shot at
close range and made certain that he
had killed Taylor before lie left the
house."
Previous to qumtng witnesses. Wool
wine went over the letters and telegrams
ent by Mabel Normand to Taylor with
his. chief deputy. W. C. Doran. Tho
mirfaivm were turned over to the dis
trict attorney by some person whose
name has been withheld.
Charles Kyton, manager of Famous
J'layers-Lasky corporation, for whom
Taylor worked, denied that he had re
moved letters from Taylor's home or
thst he had given them to the district
attorney.
(.IVKX I.0JO GRILLING
IC ton ' was one of the persons ques
tioned by Woolwlne yesterday. In fact,
it was due to the long grilling which
Kyton underwect that precluded the
hearing of Miss Normand. Kyton ap
peared at the (llstrlct attorney's office
about & o'clock. He was accompanied by
Marry Fellows, assistant director who
worfced, with Trr. When they entered
the office Howard Fellows. 19 years old,
i hsuffcur for Taylor and brother to the
assistant director, was In Wool wine's
efflce.
The three remained with the district
attorney for some time. Then Howard
Fellows emerged with his brother,. Ey
ton continued to remain closeted with
Woolwlne. Doran and a stenographer.
Previous to their visit, the, district at
torney had questioned Henry Teavey,
. i.egro valet-cook for Taylor, and Mrs.
Douglas MacLean. a neighbor of lb dead
man. Peavey repeated his story of leav
ing the house on the night of the slay
ing before Mlsa Normand left and of re
turning the next morning and finding;
the body. Mrs. MacLean told of the
mysterious man she had seen leaving
Taylor's yard on the night of the mur
der. ciiAtrrr.rR qcrsTio'tD
Howard Fellows, the chauffeur, is b
heed to have repeated his story of tele
phoning Taylor early in the evening and
' of railing for him later without getting
a responae.
It will he remembered, he said, that
Taylor had given him instructions to
II st 7 :J0 o'clock, but when Fellows
called at that hour Taylor failed to
answer the telephone. He called several
times up to 7 and then went to the
house. No answer came to his ring on
the. doorbell and he put Taylor's car in
tho garage.
Significance, was attached to Fellows'
testimony by the district attorney, evi
dently, from the ract that after Fellows
testified In the morning be was recalled
In the afternoon. His statement, as
were those of all other persons ques
tioned by Woolwlne, was taken in short
hand by Ben Smitr.. official stenographer
for the district attorney's office.
LOTE IS ADMIXTED
Friends 6f" the deW'man have ad
mitted that he was desperately In love
with Miss Normand. Captain Adams
also admitted that he h;id obtained this
opinion from persons he had questioned.
From thjpse friends It was learned that
Miss Normand did not respond to Tay
lor's advances. She admired him very
deeply and at his pleas to marry him
admitted 'that she might If he had been
10 years younger; they say.
It Is believed tflat It was in regard
to the affair between Taylor and Miss
Normand that was responsible for re
calling Howard Fellows to the district
attorney's office In the afternoon. He
previously had stated that the pair had
quarreled on their way home from a
New Tears eve party and that Taylor
had wept when he reacKed home. The
next morning Taylor wrapped up some
Jewelry and took it to Miss Normand's
home. Fellows said.
Fellows' statement, which was after
wards confirmed in part by Peavey,
tends to confirm a statement made
by Miss Julie Courtell, former social
secretary for Miss Normand.
Fhe said that -; in all the years she
had known M1f Normand the screen
favorite had had only one serious love
affair. This was with a man in' her
early days in the picture world. Both
Mise Normand and the man were strug
gling young artists and formed a deep
attachment for each other. Miss Cour
fell said that she believes the man still
cares for Miss Normand. but that, be
cause of the the atmosphere in which
she lives. Miss Normand's capacity for
caring ardently for any one man has
been spoiled.
DISTRICT PYTHIAN
SESSION IS OPENED
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 10. The
Knights of Pythias district convention
is in session here today, with grand
lodge officials in attendance, including
Grand Chancellor E. O. Davis of Pasco.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals H.
M. Love of Colfax and three grand
trustees. Kills Laird. Colfax ; E. M.
Bowes, Aberdeen, and George E. Ben
nett, Seattle. John W. Blackburn,
Ridgefield. keeper of records and seal
of Lake River lodge No. 124 for more
than 10 years. Is presiding'. The dis
trict comprises the following - lodges :
Valiant No. 6", Castle Rock ; Kalama
No. 100, Kalama; Lake Uiver No. 121,
Ridgef ield ; Vancouver No. 6, Vancou
ver. and North Bank No. 145. Camas.
James O. Blair of Vancouver made
the address of welcome, with response
by Past Chancellor Homer T. Kirby of
Kalama.
This evening about 75 candidates, com
prising the Pythian Home class, will be
given the rank of page by a Vancouver
team. Grand Chancellor Davis will pre
sent jewels to past chancellors of Van
couver lodge, followed by a banquet.
with Past Grand Chancellor John H
Elwell presiding.
CHEST DR1V
AMY
. By Artkar B. Reeve
Author of "Crave Kennedy." SeiaetiOe DoCeetiT
Stoma.
- (Written Exclusively for Univeml Sanies)
(Copjrieht. 1922. by Caivenal Serrioe)
New York, Feb. 10. Investigators In
the Taylor murder mystery are appar
entty floundering in a cloud of fog. Let
up see if we can get some of the mist
out of mystery.
It can be solved. It mast be solved.
It will be solved. For it is not "the one
perfect crime from a criminal's stand
point.
It may be true that it has been 00
hopelessly messed up and hushed up that
the tracks are all but covered. But
they are not obliterated. It merely calls
lor a different method.
Seven days after the murder was dis
covered, the story of the murdered man's
chauffeur becomes known. On the
eighth day the "Blessed Baby" letters
are at last discovered stuffed in. the
toe of a riding boot in Taylor's clothes
closet Suddenly, at the same time Tay
lor's houseman, Henry Peavey, unearths
a lace handkerchief with the Initials
"M. M. M.", tucked away in some dirty
linen. Now this is not all accidental
QUOTES KIPLING
Leaving out of account the fugitive
butler-secretary. Sands, let us direct our
attention first to some film star, of high
or low degree ; second, toward some one
of tlvs hangers on of the film world
Kipling provisioned it :
I're taken my fun where I're femnd iL
I've roeuad and I hare nuured in my time
I ts ad my pterin s o sveet earta.
An' foor o'th' lot iraa prime.
For instance. About those "blessed
baby" letters. How long have they
"been in the toe of that riding boot?
Who put them there?
Did Taylor take them out of his desk
after Miss Normand saw them there?
Why should he wish to conceal them?
Or did someone else put them there
the fatal night, afraid to take them
away ?
DROPS MAIfT HINTS
Or did some one put them there a day
or two ago, afraid to keep them?
Again : We ask the same question in
regard to the lace handkerchief, with its
"M. M. M.." and .the passionate love
letters of Mary Miles Minter, which
"fell out of a book." There was a story
of hankerchiefs bearing an "S" which
disappeared, about the time suspicion
was directed on th efugitive Sands.
What is this all? Protective camou
flage? Completing the "Four o'the lot .that
was prime are we to have false leads
VIE MOTOR BUS
STI
LAW ATTACKED BY
WASHINGTON FIRM
Salem, Feb. 10. Constitutionality of
the motor bus regulation act of the spe-;
cial legislative session as it applies to
interstate traffic Is attacked In a suit
filed here Thursday by tha Camas Stage
company ' of Camas, Wasb to enjoin
Secretary of State Koxer from collect
lag the license fees provided In the
hew act. In the absence of Circuit
Judges Bingham and Kelly from the
city, a temporary injunction was granted
by County Judge Bushey and a date
for argument of the case will be set as
soon as one of the circuit udges returns
to the city.
The plaintiff points out that it Is a
Washington corporation, maintains no
offioe )n Oregon and runs into this
state only to transport passengers to
Portland. The complaint sets out three
points of attack against the new law
as follows:
First, that the law is unconstitutional.
for the reason that it undertakes to reg
ulate interstate commerce.
Second, that the law is repugnant to
the fourteenth amendment to the consti
tution, in that, as a law, it is not uniform
in ita application to all persons similarly
situated.
Third, that the law is discriminatory
and base'd on an arbitrary and unreason
able classification, and that it exempts
motor vehicles operated in Oregon and
owned by non-resident Individuals that
may be engaged in interstate commerce,
.but that it applies to motor vehicles op
erated by foreign corporations ; also that
the law is excessive and confiscatory.
not care to discuss it with him : that he
had been totd that Bloch had been
shaving warrants issued to service men.
and that, so lar as he was concerned,
the practice had to stop.
BLOCH MAKES CHARGES
"It is all your fault," Bloch retorted.
It Is the terribYe extravagance of the
county that is causing the trouble. If
you want to be dirty, I can be as dirty
as you, and I will be."
Rudeen answered that he was not
going to argue about the matter, and
Bloch broke in again.
"I have been here for 20 years," he
said, "a long time before you ever were
here, and I will be here when you are
gone."
Just then Commissioner Hoyt, who
had been out in the hail talking to
Bloch a few minutes before, entered the
room and said "Good morning" to Bloch
as though he had not seen him before.
He was followed by Holman. Rudeen
started ,to leave the room for a moment
"Just a minute, Charlie," Holman said.
"I want to say something about this.
You say." he continued, turning to Bloch. t Set out for us next with Neva Gerber
you will have an office in the court- reported once engaged to Taylor and
with Winifred Kingston, another old
friend whom he directed?
Headquarters Open-; ;
For Compiling pi
Manufacture Census
Elmore W. - Sanderson, chief special
agent of the bureau of census, depart
ment of commerce, has opened an office '
in room Ul New Postoffioe building, to
take the-biennial manufacturers' census
for Multnomah county.
Blank forms were mailed; to all man
ufacturers from Washington. . C. a
few weeks ago, and these forms should
be sent to Sanderson by an Multnomah
county manufacturer. Those In the
state outside the county, should be sent
The ' manufacturers census was for
merly taken only every five years, but a
recent law required that it be taken
every two years. Assisting the census
bureau in this work is the forest service,
which is handling the sawmill census
and the geological survey.
San Francisco headquarters have jur
isdiction over Oregon, Washington and
California, but special offices have been
established in Portland. Seattle and -Los
Angeles. Sanderson will have nothing
to do with those manufacturers outside
the county, except In the final roundup,
when , he will assist San Francisco in
cleaning up the state of Oregon.
Sanderson expects to complete the
census by June.
FORES
FLANS All
MAI
E
HAS BACK TO WALL
Ontlaaed Prom rasa One)
NEW MURDER SVSPECT IS
CAIOHT ITi TOPEKA, K4S.
Topeka. Kan., Feb. 10. (U. V.) A
man giving his name as Walter Scott
Underwood and 6aid to be wanted in
lxs Anareles on a charge of taking $1100
from the Pacific Klectric company,
where he was employed as cashier, to
day was held by authorities here pend
ing arrival of Los Angeles authorities.
Topeka police said Underwood de
clared he knew the murdered William t.
Taylor and the valet. Sands, well; had
"attended a party" with Taylor recently
and had "suspicions'' as to who killed
the director.
Underwood was taken from a train
at the request of Los Angeles author
ities. "Tou have caught a big one." Under
wood told Deputy Sheriff Carlson, who
took him from the train. Advices to
authorities here said Underwood disap
peared rrom Los Angeles a couple of
days after the Taylor murder.
Ixs Angeles, Cal.. Feb. 10 (U. P.)
Walter N. Underwood, under arrest in
Topeka for alleged embezzlement from
a local traction company, was not ac
quainted with William D. Taylor or with
numerous movie celebrities mentioned
In the Taylor case, despite Underwood's
statements to the contrary, it was be
lieved here.
"I never heard of the man." said Mabel
Normand, denying dispatches ouoOnff
Underwood as saying he had recently
attended a "party" at Taylor's- home
which Miss Normand and others at
tended. Other people branded Under
wood's alleged statements as "rot."
Dye Blouse or
Baby's Coat in
Diamond Dyes
"ltamond Dres add years of wear to
worn, radea sklrta. waists, cnats. stork
maris sweaters, coverings, hangings, dra
periea, everything. LKvery package eon
tains directions so simple any woman
can put new, rich, fadeless colors Into
her worn garments or .draperies even If
eie has revrr rived .before. Just buv
IMamond Iyes no other kind then your
material will come out right, .because
ti amend Dyes are guaranteed not to
streak.' wr. fade. tr run: Tell voue
druarslst whether the material you wi-h
in dye is wool or atlk, or whether it la
tinea, couon or miied good.-.
Diamondes
Storage Reservoir
Will Be Discussed
At Twin Falls, Ida.
Twin Falls. Idaho, Feb. 10. WTttther
the American Falls dam project will
bu realised will be definitely decided a
conference this afternoon and eve
ning at rocatello, according to word re
ceived here. Methods of financing the
eficrpnse, which will .furnish water for
many thousand acres, will be considered
Governor Davis will present facts in
regard to negotiations ; in Washington-
and explain the situation and the need'.
for the dam. Much land in the Twin
Falls section would be rendered produc
tive by the water obtained from the
storage reservoir, and local farmers as
well as those in other parts of the state
are watching davelopraents with keen
Interest.
the outside booths on street corners are I
in charge of ex-service men. A total' of
$400 was reported by the booths Thurs
day. .
"Only the people who appear to have
little to offer take any interest in our
booths." said the man in chtrge at Fifth
and Morrison streets this morning.
"Maybe they have been through dis
tressing conditions and appreciate the
work that - is being done. People who
look as if they might have something
to give shy away from the stands like
they were scarecrows, perhaps because
their conscience bothers them.
WILL. PHESS OX
"Virtually every person who sub
scribed Thursday," said this man, "was
from the suburbs or some residential
section which has not been reached by
solicitors and they were glad to have
the opportunity to contribute to such a
worthy cause."
The discouragement which has spread
through the ranks of the workers carried
with It. an- air of desperation and deter
mination to carry the campaign through
to success even if it takes weeks to ac
complish this end. A letter received
from Frank E. Burleson, executive sec
retary of the Seattle community fund,
strengthened this determination.
"Portland was the first ' city en the
.r acmc coast ana wesi o: inc tvlm h y
mountains to inaugurate this Community
Chest idea and it made a huge success
m Its first campaign a year ago." said
Burloson.
EXAMPLE AT STAKE
"Because of Portland's success and
leadership in chest work, Seattle launched
a campaign, and with gratifying success.
It is bringing splendid results. But what
will happen to our second annual cam
paigri here' ff "Portland fails in this cam-
PAigji?".
And the Community Chest workers
echo : "How will Portland's campaign
influence the campaign to be launched
in Tacoma In March? What effect will
the second campaign here have on the
campaign now being organized in San
Francisco? The idea has spread from
Portland north and south, and is Fort
land going to abandon it3 support and
encouragement, not alone to its own un
fortunates. but also to the poor of the
entire coast T
house. You never will.
BATTLE STARTS
Bloch rose to his feet and Holman
continued, commencing some remark
about Bloch's having been in the base
ment of the courthouse, a region to
which none but employes are supposed
to go.
"You - ? ! ! Bloch' exclaimer,
pulling his sap out of his right hand
pocket, and at these "fighting words"
the battle raged.
The commission, after the fight,
adopted, Commissioner Eudeen's sugges
tion that J2000 in cash be placed in the
hands of Roadmaster Eatchel for the
purpose of cashing the warrants issued
to county road workers.
It also adopted Holman's motion that
an investigation be made as to whether
Bloch carried on his operations around
the news stand run on the lower cor
ridor by Charles Nebergall, and if so,
work out means of stopping him.
10 clash oe
Skeleton Is Used to
Scare Her, Colored
. Maid Tells Jurymen
Chicago, Feb. 10. Mamie McCrary, a
colored domestic, was still shivering
when she appeared before a jury to re
late charges of cruelty preferred against
Dr. George V. Lipshulch and his two
sons.
She was formerly a maid in the home
of the physician and incurred the fam
ily's ire, she said, when certain jewels
disappeared. "They threw hot ashes
over me," she charged. "One of them
held a pistol toward me and fired in
the air.''
But the climax broke when they took
her to a clothes closet The memory of
the closet still clung to Mamie.
"There was a skeleton inside. That's
what's - left of another girl who stole
from us," one of them said."
Mamie went from there.
Burglars Find Safe
Conveniently Open,
But Nothing In It
Burglars who broke Into the A. Mc
Millan It Co. warehouse at Union avenue
and East Glisan street Thursday night
found themselves suddenly deserted by
luck after they had - made an easy en
trance and discovered the safe door un
locked. The safe contained no money.
-Finding the outer safe door unlocked,
the burglars pried open the inner door.
The safe contained .only personal papers
and postage stamps, which were not -disturbed.
Kn trance was pained by jim
mying a front window. Sergeant Mahon
and Patrolman Gallagher discovered the
open window at 3 :30 this morniiur and
called officials of the company. Police
believe the work was done by ama
Termnnr. ;
l OLIWIOL 'ti
T
WEATHER BUREAU
A complete weather bureau, that will
automatically record every known form
of meteorological reading, will be la.
operation at. the forest service experi
ment station at Wind River, near Stab
ler. Wah by April 1. for the study of
the relations between the' weather and
the inflammability of forests.'
Dr. Julius ' F.' Hof nvann, manager of .
the Wind River station, has Just re
turned Trom making preliminary prep
arations, looking up the exact location,
and starting work necessary for esta br
ushing the bureau. v
In connection with the new bureau,
which will be the largest in the North -wes-t,
Hofmann win make a special study
of the fire problem.
By terording the condition of the for
est, mousture of the forest duff, types
of forest, amount of undergrowth, at tho
exact time of the automatic recording"
of the meteorological conditions by tho.
weather bureau. Hofmann believes .he
can dovetail the results together la such,,
a way as to be able to foretell what
may be expected of a forest fire for .sev
eral hours ahead.
"For instance." explained Hofmann.
"our men may get a fre under control .
just as It has topped a ridge. But four .
spot fires have been, started by flylny .
embers in the canyon beyond tha ridge..
As a result of our experiments we shall.
be able to know ust how rapidly these ..
spot fires may be expected to. burn,
within -the next two hoars.. If.loly,
then our men will go to the spot fires,
put them out and save the rest of that'
timber on the watershed: if rapidly,
they will hurry at once to the' next ridge,
start a big back fire and burn up the
whole thing, knowing this Is. the Only
way they can stop it."
rians Involve later establishment of '
simpler stations at other points within,
the district which will work with tho
larger station. -
OREGON CLUE IN
WOMAN
DROWN NG
(Con tinned From Pics One)
placed by cleaners' and dyers' establish
ments, the sheriff stated.
A new angle was given the inquiry
when Miss Anna Seims ot San Rafael,
who discovered the clothing, was ques
tioned again by the sheriff. '
She recalled that while -walking in
the vicinity of the powder house she
saw three eoldiers emerge from the
brush. They did not notice her at
first.
One of them shrugged his shoulders
and said, according to her Statement,
God, that was awful. Then they no
ticed Miss Seims and her escort and were
silent.
CHAUFFEUR QUESTIONED
Al Gates, a taxicab driver, identified
the hat found in the magazine as that
of a very tall girl, about 25 years old-,
whom he had driven to the fort several
times to visit a soldier. He did not
kr.ow the name of the girl or the sol
oier, he said.
Private Charles Swark, who had re
cently been visited by a girl from Se
attle, was questioned. He failed to iden
tify the clothing as that of his friend.
The telephone number Broadway 299,
found on the body of the woman
drowned in San. Francisco bay, indicates
that she may have been from Portland.
This is the number of a branch office 01
th Oregon Laundry company, 444Vi
Washington street It is helieved here
that the woman may have applied for
work at the local laundry. T. T. Georges,
Route 1, Hillsdale, proprietor of the laun
dry, could give no information shedding
light on the mystery.
t
Dr, Frank Johnson
Dies at Astoria
Shall we go on with Bdna Pruviance,
Claire Windsor, and all the rest that
have been also mentioned, until crime
history pronounces the case unsolvable?
Fancy a woman who loved him pas
sionately, jealously, who made mid
night visits, visits at all hours. Might
cuca a girl not have been somewhere in
the house while Miss Normand was
there?
CALLS IT BtrSGLISG
Imagine after Miss Normand had
gone, a quarrel and a shot, unaware
Or an embrace, with Taylor's arms
raised and the shot in the side.
Then in the revulsion of feeling, as
Detective Parsons now says he found
the body laid out carefully, the arms ar
ranged, and a chair overturned across
the. legs. Could she then have care
fully hid the letters and fled?
Finally, to complete this bungling in
the bungalow with the evidence, where
is that pink nightie?
There is one flash of scientific hope
the bullet. It is said to beof a type
manufacture, many years ago. There
may be something in that.
As to the other possibility, that the
crim was committed by a man, but In
stigated by a woman, perhaps a woman
scorned, or ignored, or deserted. Many
believe that it was done by a man, a
hired assassin, who waited and watched
and slipped Into the house when Taylor
accompanied Miss Normand to her au
tomobile. ASSASSIX HIEED!
If it was a hired assassin who struck
own Taylor like a dog, without a
chance, from behind, there is also color
to the supposition that he was hired by
some hangeron of the picture world, one
of those many wealthy young and old
men who pursue picture stars.
One of the greatest corrupting forces
In motion pictures is the outsider who
comes into the game for either immoral
or aisnonest purposes, sometimes ror
both. Paradoxically, the worst people
in the movies are the people not in
them.
A word about this "conspiracy of si
lence." It is all wrong. It is injuring
everybody. The sooner this affair is
cleared up, the better for the Industry.
There are millions at stake. Not the
few millions tied up by the players
mentioned, but the millions in the industry.
SUGGESTS CLEANUP
No pressure is too severe until some
one cracks.
From this aspect the dnir suspicion
is' not necessarily chasing a mirage.
though that is probably the case with
weird tales of narcotic parties of a mys
tic love cult.
There is one possibility which I don't
think anyone - haa ' suggested. In Tay
lor's effects were found clippings of the
Albano blackmail case. He .must have
been interested, either for the story as
a story or in the ; blackmail idea.
LjCZ us suppose ne was interest ea in
the cleaning up of the dope situation in
Hollywood. There had been much talk
of cleaning up. And he must have
known much about the situation known
many stars of the "happy dust" Heaven
knows, then, that there would be those
to fear a housecleaning and exposure,
Would an addirt or a dope vendor stop
Graphophone Co. Is
Alleged Insolvent;
Ask Receivership
(Bj Cnited Nir.)
Wilmington. Del.. Feb. 10. Application
for a receivership for the Columbia
Graphophone Manufacturing company,
a Delaware corporation, alleging Insolv
ency, was made in the United States dis
trict court here Thursday. . A rule to
show cause was made returnable by
Judge Morrison February 17
The company, incorporated in 191
successor to the American Graphophone
company, an 010 concern, was capital
ized with $9,885,731 of preferred stock
and 1,268.186 shares of common stock
outstanding. Its funded debt at the close
of last year was $(.000,000 in 8 per cent
notes and 1350,000 in mortgages.
In financial circles it is believed that
Plans for the admission day dinner to the liabilities of the corporation will
be given Tuesday at 6 :30 o'clock at the
Chamber of Commerce are going for
ward with the completion of a program
of addresses and music. Mrs. Mary Bar
low Wilkina, president of the society of
Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers,
today aaked that reservations for the
dinner be made by Saturday if possible
by calling East 1073 or Marshall 6856.
Tickets, she said.' may be obtained at
the Chamber of Commerce, at 602
Broadway building or at the Oregon His
torical society.
National Guard
Officers Meet in.
Annual Session
Plans Proceeding
For Admission Day
Dinner on Tuesday
amount to $19,000,000 in debts to' banlei
and 83,000,000 to other creditors. The
amount of assets is not disclosed.
Commission Blocks
Erie Road's Move
To Raise Fruit Rate
Zionist Society to
Entertains Visitors
WARRANT SHAVING
Two Women Would
Jury Service
Toledo. Or, Feb. 10. For the first time
In the history of the county, women were
drawn on the. Jury for the February
term. Two women asjted to be excused,
Mrs. Alice T. Vader of Agate Beach,
the third, being the first woman juror
in. Lincoln county. The grand jury had
oclhUig- to do. '
tCoabnmid Preaa ra Om)
had been "shaving" the warrants is
sued by the county to service men In
payment of work' done, by them on the
Columbia river highway. According to
this report Bloch has been charging 50
cents brokerage for cashing a warrant
for 83. : t.. ,
Rudeen, when he heard this, reopened
the old conflict between Hfrlman and
Bloch by calling a mectiUig for this
morning to discuss ways and means by
which the ' money changer could - be
thrown ont of the temple of the county
government.
Bloch appeared at the scheduled meet
ing in the commissioner's office, telling
Rudeen the otiier commissioners not
having coma into the room at the time
that he wanted to talk about the matter.
Rudeen told him. however, that he did
Astoria, Feb. 10. Dr. Frank C. John
son, optician, died here Thursday from
organic complications which a recent
operation failed to relieve- Dr. John
son was widely known in Oregon fra
ternal circles, being a member of the
Masonic lodge, the Elks. Knights of
Pythias, and other orders He was born
in West Jersey, 111, 56 years ago. He
Is survived by his wife, three brother
and one sister.
$2,496,101 Added in
Lump Sum to Bill
Washington, Feb. 19. L N. S.) "A
lump sum appropriation of $2,496,101
for the comptroller general's office was
added to the Independent office appro
priation, bill today as ; ia committee
amendment . This appropriation is t
only "lump" sum contained in the bill,
It was. adopted by a viva voce vote.
Otto Warburg, noted German profes
sor of botany, and Nahum Sokolow, lit
erary and political leader of Jewry, will
come to Portland March 2 as guests of
the Portland Zionist society. Warburg
and Sokolow are carrying the message
of Zionism to all sections of the United
States and are now engaged In an ex
tensive tour.
Washington, Feb. 10. (L N. S.) ET
forts of the Erie railroad to increase
freights on 85 per cent of the fruits and
vegetables arriving in New York from
California and the Northwest were
blocked today by the interstate com
merce commission.
The commission denied appeal cf the
road to raise its rates on these prod
ucts from the New Jersey terminal of
the line to its Puane street station.
Tanker Runs Down
Four Craft at Dock
CONTEMPT HEARIVQ COJTTIIfCED
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 10. The hear-
iny in the case of J. J. Pender, ordered
to show cause why he should not be
adjudged In contempt of court for fail
ure to pay court costs in a recent hear
ing to modify the decree of alimony
awarded his divorced wife, Ida M. Pen
der, was continued to April 3.
At the Armory this morning Adjutant',
General George A. White presided over'
the annual conference of the officers of
the National Guard of Oregon. This,
afternoon General R. M. Blatchford of
the United tSates army and commander
of the post at Vancouver will speak -on
the unity of spirit animating the na
tional guard and the regular army.
Colonel C. C. Hammond, commander of.
the 162d Infantry. Oregon National'
Guard, and other officers, will address
the conference. There will be several
sporting events at the Armory this eve
ning, to which the officers will be "
guests. . '
Nine Break Jail in
Eugene;13 Remain j
Seeking Leniency .
Eugene. Feb. 10. Nine prisoners who
escaped from the Lane county Jail short
ly after midnight this morning by un
locking cell and corridor doors and bat-.
tering down the outer. door, were stM
at large at noon. Thirteen other pris
oners looking tor leniency remained i
Jail. Those who fled are :
Clarence (Marvin) Peterson and W.
H. Nesbit. charged with passing bad,
checks ; C. L. O'Brien, awaiting grand
Jury action on a larceny charge X Zono
Hansard, Mohawk valley farmer and
convicted bootlegger: W. B. KeUisOn.
W. T. Lewis, Leonard H. Fisk. Chester
J. Wheatfill and Harold J. Stuman, al- .
leged automobile thieves.
Leadership wts first laid to Stuman
and Wheatfill. as both were In the out
side corridor, from where the cell locks
were battered off. They are Immature
voutha of Eua-ene.
Parsers by noticed the battered door of
the Jail, and called Sheriff SUckels and
deputy coroner.
A farmer, asleep 60 feet from the door
I na car that he had been unable to
start, did not awaken. eTen when- the
door was pounded down.
San Pedro. Cal., Feb. 10. Lives of
many persons were endangered, four 1
vessels, including a ferry boat, were sunk
and several others damaged in the har
bor here today when the United States
shipping board tanker Stockton smashed
into a dock and struck vessels moored
there. The total damage, it was esti
mated, would be between 875,000 and
8100,000.
Newport-Waldorf
Road Work Assured
Newport, Or, Feb. 10. The Newport
Community club gave a dinner Wednes
day evening at their clubroom at. which
Charles W. James, recently appointed
county Judge, was the guest of honor.
The meeting was largely attended. Good
roads was . the . main topic at issue.
Ways and means were devised to re
build the coast roads from Newport to
W aid port, damaged by heavy wind
storms.
at anything, noted as they are for their
diabolical cunning?
I believe on what we have before na
howeArer that it is -more profitable to
fall Tiack. on the rule of therches la
femme."
Valentines
for
Everyone
"An Exquisite Novelty"
Photo Valentines $2 Per Doz.
Finished in 24 Hoars
The Peasley Studio
'Photograph; and Art' -407 Morruon, beLlOthand 11th
Ivory Soap
4 Br8 25c
Limit Fear Bart to a Cattener. e Phoaa Order.
Deliveries Except Wltk Other Parekates
SQAP SALE .
Begins Saturday, February 11, at 8 o'Clock
20c Societe Hygienique 3 for 50c
10c Jap Rose Glycerine.. 3 for 27c
10c Almond Cocoa -.4 for 25c
10c Armour's Fragrant 3 for 23c
10c Jergen's Violet Glycerine. 4 for 25c
10c Jergen's Bath Tablets. 3 for 21c
10c Fairbank's Glycerine and Tar.... .3 for 21c
15c Juvenile 3 for 27c ,
25c 4711 Bath Tablets 3 for 67c
15c Bon Ami (cake) .3 for 28c
25c Packer's Tar ..3 for 60c
25c Poslara 3 for 65c
25c Woodbury's Facial 3 for 57c
25c Cuticura 3 for 65c
25c Resinol 3 for 60c;
15c La Primera Castile (cake) 2 for 25c
15c Colgate's FAB, per package .9c
$1.75 Orena Pure Castile, large bar . .$L53
$250 Gonti Castile, imported, large bar . . .$227
$125 Antonia Luggadot large bar. ........ .$1.08
We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps
DRUGGISTS
- Alder Street at Wert Park .