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MEDFOKD, OM-XJON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1922
NO. 2G9
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CONVICTION
BY A HAIR
Final Vote 10-2 for Guilty
. Poor Case Made By Defense
Declares One of Jurors 2
Jurors Holdina Out for
Acquittal Named Will Be
Tried Again.
, HAN KKANCIHCO, Feb. l.-The
Jury rolled to agree and w discharg
ed toduy in th aweond trial of a man
slaughter charge against It" woo ('.
(Fatty) Arburlilo In connection with
the death of Mim Vlrglnli
Kappa, ma
uon picture acireM. 'Aim-riran Iglon. refused to accept
roreman J. J. McBtroy announced appointment to the Cnlted mates sen
that the vote tod two to ten. He Me frm Iow, , ,u,.ree1 William B.
did not designate whether the major- Kenyon. Colonel Washington Howie.
Iiy waa for conviction or acqulltal. Jr,( annoum ril , mriing of th
"There la no chance for ua to Maryland executive committee of the
agree," McKlroy auld. 'legion yesterday at which Colonel
A poll of the Jury waa taken to da- .jjacNIder made no comment,
termlne If they could are on further , roonp iu Mtj Colonel Mac
deliberation, All emphatically aald Nldrr d(H.lnrd the post to remain at
no" the head of the American legion.
Arbuckle Dow-nr. Colonel Howie aald today that hU
Arbuckle aeemed downcaat at the 'nfr,ation cam from a msmber of
outcome. Neither prosecution nor colonel MarMder'a party.
arinnee would announce ill miomions
regarding a new trial.
The raso waaput over until Monday
to be et tor trial. I
After the disagreement the jury re
tired to the jury room.
Announcement that the Jury etoad
ten for conviction and two for acquit
tal was made by Leo Friedman, as
sistant dtatrtct attorney, and a lead
ing prosecution couneel.
Harry A. McOovery, bailiff, made
the aame announcement.
"We expert to try the ease again,"
Friedman aald.
J a root Worn Out.
lAter Nate Friedman, one of the
Jurora, announced that tha two vot
ing for acquittal were Leo Dolaoit and
Clem It. Itrownsberger.
"The defense prveented a very weak
ease." Friedman aald. "Ita failure to
argue the case counted greatly against
It. The fart that Arbuckle did not
take the atand had no effect on ua."
"The flret ten ballnla were I to I
for conviction. Thon It awltchrd to
10 to t and stayed there until the
fourteenth ballot, which waa the last
one taken,' Friedman aald.
The court room waa crowded for
tha reault of the Jury'a deliberation.
Tha Jurora all aeemed haggard and
worn. Gavin McNab, chief dt-fenae
counsel, aald he would ninke a state
ment later.
Baby
Dies As Mother
Sits Singing to It
SPOKANE. Fqb. f. While Mra.
Paul Law-ter ant nursing her five
weeks old daughter yesterdny and
aiming to It, the child, which appar
ently had been In good health, died
so quietly thut tho mother for seve
ral mlnutea thought It waa asleep.
When her eftorta to awaken It were
unaUNceeKHful. aho awooned. Doctor
aald the bnby died of lobar pneu
monia. CtUlcnn CeMnet lUMgna.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 8. Hy the
Associated press) The Chilean
rablnot, headed by lamael Tocoruol,
resigned, today.
LAST PLENARY SESSION TOMORROW.
Jl
WASHINGTON, Fob. 3. (By the
Associated 1'ress.) Plana were matte
today for the attendance by President
Harding at a plenary session of the
arms conforonco next Monday to wit
ness the sinning of the treaties, to
thank tho delegates tor thnir work
and to participate generally in the
activities marking adjournment of
the conference.
WASHINGTON, I'eh. 3. (By the
Associated PresaJThe "big nine"
of the arms conference meeting to
day tor tbe laat tlaie whipped Into
shape the treaties minting to China
and Issued a formal call for a plon
ary session tomorrow tomakn the
final wlndup of tha Washington no
HOtlatlons. "It waa docldod to base, only two
tmttUn on th Chlaeijai decision-, or
raiNA
TREATIES
American Legion j
Commander Refuses
Seat in U. S. Senate
HALTIMOItK. Fob. .. Hsnford
MarMdar, national commander of the I
IS BROKEN BY
North and South Ireland at
Outs Again Over Precise
Counties in Free State Sir
James Craig Makes Public
Statement.
LONDON, Feb. J. (Iy tha Asso
ciated Press) 4lr James Craig, 'the
Ulster premier, declared in a state
ment today that ha had been told by
Michael Collins, head of the southern
Ireland provisional governmcut at
their conference In Dublin yesterday,
that Collins had mado a promise of
bringing the Irish frvo state almost
half of north Ireland, Including Fer
managh, Tyrone, large parts of Ar
magh and Down and Londonderry
City. KnnUklllrn and Newry.
Sir J nines aald he had suggested to
Mr. Collins a week's adjournment for
consideration of tho situation regard
ing the boundaries between Ulster
and south Ireland, but thnt Collins
had replied that the differences acpa
rating; them were so wide that post
ponement would bo UHvlca.
Tho Ulster premier's statement was
made to tho press after ho had con
ferred with WliiMton Churchill, tho
colonial aucrctury.
"I hnvo to admit." aald Hlr Jamee,
"that In the conversation with Mr.
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the conference and to embody In them
only a few of the fifteen resolutions
adopted In regard to the Chinese
questions. One of the treaties will
cover tho Chinese tariff revision and
the other tho Boot "Four points,"
and the open door.
The remaining resolutions aro to
bo presented at the final plenary ses
sion merely as a soiloa of Joint dec
larations of policy.
Plans had been mado today for the
Japanese and Chinese to sign their
treaty on Shantung, but it was de
cldnd to postpone that ajoo until Mon
day. The only romulntng formal meet
Iiirh ot the day were a wlndup sos
fllon ot the avmnmonts committee
and a similar session of tha Far Kant
committee, called tor lute afternoon
to hear China's statoraent ot the "21'
("swans', .
I r A
IH UN GO 0
BOUNDARY E
AGREED
UPON
FILM STARS
INVOLVED IN
LA. MURDER
Subpoenas Issued for Mabel
Normand, Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas MacLean, Miss
Miles M inter and Other
Movie Notables Cigarette
Subs Only Clue.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 3. The
coroner of Ixi Angeles county today
announced that an inquest would be
'."d tomorrow at iv:v oyer me
body of William D. Taylor, motion
picture director abot down in nia
home here Wedneaday night. Sub
poenaa were iaaued today and aent
out (or aervlce, directed to tbe follow
ing peraona: -Mlea Mabel Normand.
motion picture actreaa, who baa told
tbe police that Taylor eacorted her
from hla home to her automobllo at
an hour billeved to have boen only
a few mlnutea before hla death.
William Davit, Mlaa Normand'a
chauffeur.
Mlaa Mllea Mlnter. actreaa form
erly directed by Mr. Taylor and who
went to the acene of bla death eater
day aa aoon aa word of It waa apread.
Douglas MacLean, actor, and Mra.
MacLean, who told the police of hap-
penlnga in the bungalow or apart
ment eoort"wbere they and Mr. Tay
lor bad their homee, and who describ
ed a atranger seen tbera early Wed
Ueaday evening.
Edna Purvlance, actreaa, who told!
the police that she bad notified Mlaa
Mlnter and otbera of the death.
Charles Eycton, a production man
ager at tbe atudio where Mr. Taylor
waa employed.
Henry 1'eaeey, Taylor'a house man,
wboae atory waa that ho had left the!
Taylor home an hour or so before
Miss Normand left.
Police detectives today were ques
tioning Mr. Taylor's chauffeur as to
his employer's movemonts In the past
week cr two. They hoped to develop
from tbe chauffeur's atory some tacts
that might help to establish who did
tho shooting.
LOS ANOELES, Feb. 3. A halt
dozen cigarette stubs offer a key to
l.k. hi-u i w
uoen deeper man any ooveiopea in
bis work by Desmond Taylor, noted
motion picture director, who met his
death Wedneaday night at his home
here from a bullet, according to In
vestigators. These halt smoked re
mains, found near the back door of
a luxuriously appointed residence,
give mute evidence that some man
apparently watted nervously there on
the evening ot the murder.
They link with statements of Mrs.
Douglas MacLean, wife ot a mqtton
picture actor, that on the evening ot
the murder ahe heard a shot fired and
looking from the window of her home
which overlooks that ot Taylor, she
saw a man, stranger to her. emerge
from the front door of Taylor's home,
look back through and apparently
speak, close the door and depart.
HtranRer Ikvficrl'iecl
Employes at an oil service station
nearby declared that within an hour
prlor'to that time a stranger whom
they describe similarly, asked them
where W, D. Taylor lived and they di
rected him to the place where the
murder later occurred.
The crew ot a street car stated that
at a time closely corresponding to
that which Mrs. MacLean gives as
of the departure of the mystery man
from Taylors house, a atranger
boarded tbe car at a stop near by.
They deacrlbo him similarly,
Those revelations only served to
deepen the mystery for Mrs. Mac-
Lean who know the former servant
of Taylor tor whom the police are
seeking and who Taylor reported to
the police some time ago as having
stolen property and money from him,
said the stranger was not his ser
vant. The porch light of Taylor s
home was on and Mrs. MacLean ob
served him In Us full glow.
Mabol Normand Called
The movements of this stranger
coincide with the visit ot Mabol Nor
mand, motion picture actress, to
Taylor's homo on the evening ot the
murder. Taylor escorted Miss Nor
mand to her motor car and talked a
tew minutes with hor there. The
front door, to his home was opon
.(Contmand on night).
Arbuckle Expected an Acquittal
i mMmtmmhiimC7 ''ei' MJVeaaaeee
Ufa IfjM J 1L IS FORCED
m A: BK IffiR 10
Roacoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle, with his
wife, known in theatrical circles as
Minta Durfee, at their Los Angeles
home, Juat before i rocwillng to San
Francisco for bis retrial on charges of
manslaughter In connection with the
SAVED BY U. S.
GOVEMMENt
WASHINGTON. Feb. I. Announc
ing proepecta of a surplus of govern
mental receipta over expenditures thla
floral year aa a result of economiea In
administration. I'rewtdunt Harding,
apeaklng today at the second business
meeting of the government declared
ha doubted "It any government in the
world has made a more persistent and
conscientious endeavor to cut down
its expenditures and Institute econo
miea and restore aane and normal
ways agalrr." than ha tho American
government.
The president and Director Dawes
of the budget who. followed him. an
nounced to the meeting, compoeed of
over a thousand government officials
of high and low desires that direct
savings of IJ2.000.OOO and Indirect
savings of more than f 104,000.000
bad been accomplished In lose than
.-..'o'8 or me ouugoi
bureau and co-
Mr. Harding expressed the further
opinion that tho efforts on the part of
the government toward economy had
boen reflocted among the people at
largo. ,
"I cannot but feel that the govern
ment has. In the budget organisation,
set an example ot t are and thrift that
has helped greatly to niuke saving
fashionable." he declared. "While to
some extent the government has
been a leader In so praiseworthy a
cause wo ought all to be gratified to
have had a part in tho affair. Much
of tho extravagance of he government
hue been due to a lack ot sense ot
individual responsibility and the aame
is true i nthe croporate business and
In the private affairs ot tho people.
If our efforts here shall set a stand
ard and inRpire an admiration for
greater economics and higher effic
iency, wo shall have served not only
tho government but tho whole world.
Perhaps our example will be of ser
vice to tho world."
MINE Bffi 25
GATES, Pa., Keo. 3-Twenty-flve
miners lost their lives in tho explosion
which wrecked a part ot the Gates
mlno of tho H. C. Frlck Coko company
yesterday, according to an official an
nouncement today. Twenty-two bodies
have been recovered.' The other three
are burled under a fall ot slate. '
GATES, Pa., Feb. 3. Six more dead
were taken from tho shaft of tho Gates
mine of the H. C. Frick Coke company
early today bringing the total to 22
Belief was expressed by mine officials
that the toll may mount higher as
there may be other miners, apart from
the three or four men yet unaccounted
for, which were killed by an explosion
In a section ot the plant yesterday.
The causo of tho explosion is unde
termined. From the appearance of the
bodies it was Indicated, however, that
the men bad beon asphyxiated as none
wag mutilated. An Investigation . to
(.dstarml the riiwe t? ignotyaoed
104,00010 IS
DEATH LIST TRICK
I
death of Virginia Rappe, film star.
Tbe palatial Arbuckle estate in Los
Angolea has oeen a Mecca of sight
seers for some lime. Arbuckle was
reported as cheerful and certain of
acquittal, and his smiling Visage indl
cates It.
E
SMOKE
PEOPLE
RQME, Feb. 8. (By Associated
Press.) Tbe third and fourth ballots
were taken by the conclave of .the
sacred college tbis evening in an ef
fort to choose a successor to Pope
Benedict. There was no choice, how
ever, on either ballot
ROME, Feb. 3. (By Associated
Press.) Voting for the election of a
j t0 euCceed Benedict XV waa be-
gun by the conclave of the sacred col
lege today. Two ballots have been
taken up to one o'clock this afternoon,
on neither of which any cardinal re
ceived a sufficient number ot votes to
elect
ROME, Feb. 3. (By Associated
Press.) . Tbe steamship President Wil
son, bringing Cardinal O'tonnell ot
Boston to Rome, will not arrive at
Naples before next Monday morning.
Tbe steamship company announced to
day it had received a wireless from
the vessel which showed this. The
captain has decided to call at Algiers.
It was learned this afternoon that
three of the cardinals who are within
the Vatican quarters where the ses
sions of the conclave are being held
are confined to their beds. These are
Cardinal Morini, who waa taken into
the conclave suffering with Influenza;
Cardinal Pompiljl and Cardinal liaci-
lleri, bishop of Verona.
Whtte smoke poured out ot the stove
pipe over the Sistine chapel at 12:30
o'clock and a crowd of 6000 gathered
in St Peter's square, thinking this
meant the election of a new pope,
rushed before the balcony ot St,
Peter's. Some even reached the inside
of the basilica to receive the new pon
tiffs first benediction, but it was ex
plained that the white smoke was a
mistake. "
One of the Vatican officials waved
his hand from the Vatican palace, out
side the limits of the conclave, indicat
ing that there was no election, a two-
thirds vote not having been attained
by any candidate.
Streetcar Men in Love
Not Fit for Work
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 3. Street
car men who are in love are "not tit
to work," in the opinion ot John C.
Collins, traveling safety supervisor ot
the Los Angeles Railway company.
In a warning Issued to conductors
and motormen he said: "When
you're la love you're so far up In the
air that you won't get down again
until after you are married."
Sentenced to Die.
NEW YORK' Feb. 3. Luther
Boddy, who killed two police detec-
Uvea on January t, today was sen
tenced to dls in tha electric chair at
Plng BIng prison . during the week
eemmaing Marafi W
BEFORE VAT CAN
California Wildcat
Well Produces; Not
Oil, But Oily Fish
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Feb. 3.
A wildcat oil well on the 4
Hitchcock ranch aouth of Por-
terrllle at 1200 feet has begun
to produce not oil but fish
according to word received here
today. They were tiny a peel-
mens, apparently from a lubter-
ranean stream. 4
COUrt in Everett Murder Case
Charges Defendant With
Forcing Daughter to Say
She Fired Shots Sensa
tional Scene Enacted.
EVERETTB. Wash., Feb. 3. Tre
va Pote, 15 year old girl, in superior
court this morning testified that aho '
fired tbe second and third shots thst
killed Gus Danielson at the homo oft
her mother here the night of ;.-vtrt-
ber . Her mother, Mrs. Bvtba
death of Danielson; the child la ac-
cused as an accessory.
Before going on the
staid this
morning. Judge "Alston, preaidins should be adopted, he argued- because
judge. In the absence of the jiry ad-jthe series of horizontal percentage in
montshed the girl that If she shot; creases by which the rates were ad-
Danielson to say so and to sa sj it
'be did not shoot him.
The girl's Uory was similar to hi r
Mother's to tne pdint where tne '-
or had tea. If led she became uu'on-
r-ctous in her struggle with Da'Jil-
son. Trevs then testified she picked
up the revolver Danielson had drop
ped, "squeezed it," twice when Dan-
ifison came toward her aud then
threw It away. The girl bean t,
eep under cross-examination and
refused to take the weapon into her
hand when asked to show how she
held It. Mrs. Wilkes became bystorl-
cal, crying to her daughter, "why
didn't you tell me?" The Jury was
sent from the room and tb court as -
serted his belief that the girl was In
nocent.
"The real tragedy," he said, "tid
not take place at home; It haa taken
place here."
"That woman has put he. np to
it," he declared to the attorney fir
the defense.
"My girl shays she did It," Mrs.
Wilkes replied.
Mrs. Wilkes was in hysterics and
the girl was sobbing when recess was
taken. After the recess the girl
again went on the stand and again
testified she bad shot Danielson.
Bull Montana Matched
. LOS ANGfciLES, Feb. 3. "Bull"
Montana, local grappler and Klnjo
Akoda ot Honolulu, have been matched
to stage the main bout of a wrestling
card which will be presented at the
Elks' home here Saturday night.
Akeda is claimant to the middleweight
wrestling championship ot the Terri
tory ot Hawaii.
U. S. WAR TANKS ARE IN CONTROL OF
NEWPORT KENTUCKY, STRIKE DISTRICT
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Fob.1 3.- With
in enn.
trol. upward of 300 Kentucky Ka.
. . .
tional Guardsmen today are. en route
to Newport, ivy., having been ordered sympathizers and Bherltt T. II. Tlo
out for tho Becond time within five man. who attempted to talk with tho
weeks lato yesterday by Governor disturbers, was uruzed by a bullet
Morrow for strike duty. fired by a sniper.
A window In the confectionary
NEWPORT. Ky.. Feb. 3. Quietstore of Mrs. Maymo Murphy was
prevailed in Newport early today ex-nhuttered by bullets last night. Tho
cept for Intermittent shooting in theoccupants of the house fled to safety,
vicinity ot the Newport rolling mill, Many families sought refuge ' in
whore a strike Is in .progress 'and their cellars or took refuge in other
where a tank company of sxty officers parts of 'the city. Safety . Director
anil man u-lth mai-a. tunlii ra nn TAmnuann maA tha ahAAtlnit 11' n . ilnnu
guard, assisting deputy sheriffs and by both sides. ;
Newport police to maintain order. ', . "At Intervals shots would be sent
Sniping from outside the mill early into tho. mills and immediately there
today was followed by firing from after a. fusillade would be roturned
machine and riot gunn Inside .', the by the rrilU guard," he dcclaredi
PROSPERITY
WAITS UPON
R. R. REVIVAL
Secy. Hoover Declares , Best
Hope Better Times to Put
Railroads On Their Feet
Instead of Voting Credits
Abroad, Favors Aiding In-
; dustry at Home.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 3. Reduction
of freight rates and resumption of
railroad expansion are the two sourcea
from which the country may get its
trnnnit Imnulnea towards economiQ
betterment. Secretary Hoover declared
' today, appearing as a witness in tne
inter-state commerce commission in
vestigation of transportation charges.
The first, he said, depends on a re
duction of operating costs, and the
second on restoration of railway
credit
Transportation earnings, now "peril
ously close to bond interest," Mr.
Hoover said, "make it Impossible for
tbe commission to give immediate im
portant rate relief." but he declared
that improving conditions would allow
ward wtol0M durlng tne present
vear
When such revisions were made, he
aald. the commission should apply
la to Prmar commodities
ooai, metals
and timbers even if passenger rates,
class rates and less than carload ship
ments had to be charged more to. pro
tect railroad revenues. Tbls course
tranced had distorted the existing fab
ric of commerce in the United States
and "was moving as a whole toward
Its sources of raw materials." '
Expend Money Here
Incidentally, rail wages should not
'be expected to go back to pre-war lev
els, he said, but should "follow down
ward step by step the cost of living,"
and the rate decreases should be so
applied as to maintain railroad rev-
ienues and restore the confidence cf
1 investors in ultimate railroad earning
power.
"We talk glibly of giving billions of
'credits to foreign countries to Increase ,
jour farm exports," Mr. Hoover said. .
"I wish to say, with all responsibility -
for the statement that a billion dollars
BtiA ttruta A w nolnan 1 1 waarot H.' ill
give more employment to our people.,
more advance to our industry, more
assistance to our farmers, than twico
that sum expended outside the fron
tiers of the United States and there
will be greater security for investors."
There ia danger that in the present ;
period ot low earnings and little traffic -
tne needs oi tne railroads in new con
struction, equipment betterments and
maintenance will be neglected, Mr.
Hoover added, with resulting break
down ot transportation when a full
load is put upon them by industrial re
sumption. This should be averted, even by the
extension ot government Indorsement
of railway securities, whose sale would
give bonds tor expenditure on equip
ment. The commission's efforts should
bo devoted, he said, . to a policy ot
"maintaining public control ot mono
poly and at the same time maintaining
private initiative." ,.- "
ijlant. Mora than 100 shots were .
fired, but no casualties were rooorted.
MKlm,m lra .
asuon was menaced when he attempt-
B(1 t0 dl8pt,rB0 an 0K8cmbIy of Btrlke