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New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Miss Norlnand's
Driver Speeds
Taylor Inquiry
Special Investigator RusIaes
Away on Mission While
Chauffeur Is Facing New
Questioning by Prosecutor
Woman MotOrist Hunted
''Stunning Beauty Fled Los
Angeles i'll Car Said To Be
Owned by Wealthy Man
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.-For two
hours William Davis. chauffeur for
Mabel Normand, the motion picture ac-
tress, who was the last person known
to have seen William Desmond Taylor,
murdered film director, alive, was
again given thorough questioning at
the District Attorneys office this af
ternoon.
Davis previously had been questioned d
by police detectives and by District
Attorney Woolwinc. He was also
qulzzed this afternoon by Sheriff
Biscailuz and Deputy Sheriff Dcwar,
who accompanied the chauffeur on a
tour of the scene of the crime. After
the interview Biscaluz held a long
conference with District Attorney
"oolwinc, and then the prosecutor
ordered that Davis be again brought
to the Hall of Records.
Davis arrived at 2:3O p. m. and was
questioned at length. A few minutes
after the Quizzing began message
chief of police and special investiga-
tor in the murder problem. Soon he
rushed from the Office clutching a
handful of checks and rcceipts His
mission is believed to have been a
most important one in connection with
a new theory formulated in connection
with the killing of Taylor.
The drag net was thrown out across
California and the west coast to- day
for a woman described az "stunning
beauty" who sped north from Los
Angeles few hours after Taylor was
shot and killed in his home here on
the night of February l.
Taylor was shot few minutes be-
booticggcr. whose story has heretofore
been ridiculcd by the authorities be
cause for one reason or another ne
changed it and contradictcd himself
was drawing near Taylor's home with
a load of liquor. according to his re
ctal. He first told the police that he
heard shot and then saw a woman
hurricdly leaving the Taylor home.
few hours later an automobile
speded out of Los Angeles, northward
lound. At 6:20 a. IN on February 2
the car came to stop opposite the
filling station at Ventura, which is
three hours Of hard driving from Los
Angeles.
A richly dressed woman laboring
under intense emotional strain asked
to have the automobile tank filled with
gasoline. One of the men put the
number in a notebook. 1t was one of
tho favored low numbers.
A few miles out of Ventura a resi-
dent of Los Angeles, driving toward
this city, passed the woman. This
man, after the murder investigation,
said it occurred to him that the fleeing
woman had some bearing on the case
The police threw out lines everywhere
They found that the license for the
car the woman was driving had been
issued to a rich man who divides his
time between Los Angeles and San
Francisco They are preparing to
examine this man if he can be found
in the hope that he can disclose the
identity of the woman.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Lawyer Indicted
w ith Detective
In COuraud Case
Extortion Charged in Com.
pelling Mrs. Schill TO Re-
lease Defendant Under
Threat of Prosecution

An indictment alleging cxtortion was
returned in the Supreme Court ycstcr-
day against John c. Oldmixon, a law
yer, of 395 Broadway, and David Ostro,
a private detective, of 116 West Thirty
ninth Street. The Indictment charges
that the defendants on December 9
last by threatening blackmail charges
against Mrs. Elizabeth Schill, of Is
Manhattan Avenue, induced her to sign
stipulation releasing Aimee Crocker
Gouraud from an action pending
against her in the Supreme Court. THIS
action was for alternating the affec-
tions Of Bruno Schill. husband Of the
defendant.
The alienation suit had been begun
by Hanford T. Marshall, Mrs. Schill's
attorney, for 100000. The complaint
was served in November, 1921.
According to testimony and aFi-
Assistant District Attorney, Ostro.
after a conference with Oldmixon. who
had represented Mrs. Gouraud on a
mum bcr of occasions, went to sec Mrs.
Schill lie told her. according to the
aiiidavits and testimony, that her hus-
band had been mixed up in numerous
affairs and was wanted for number
o. crimes, and that she herself was
guilty of blackmail in instituting the
action against Mrs. Gouraud.
They also succeeded in getting her
to sign number of papers One OF
these papers was a letter addressed to
Mr.. Marshall, saying in effect: ~ have
signed an order to discontinue the suit
and direct you to deliver all letters
in your possession purporting to have
been written by Nine. Gouraud to my
husband to Mr.. Oldmixon, or his
agent"
Mr.. Marshall refused to deliver these
letters and took the matter up with Mr.
Murphy. The result was that Mrs.
Schill made an affidavit setting forth
her version of how she came to sign
the release. Mr. Murphy thereupon or
dcred tho arrest Of Oldmixon
Mrs. Gouraud sailed for Europe soon
after the 100000 alienation suit was
filed. The bundle of letters probably
will find its way into evidence when
The case is heard
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Bermuda Boat Ice-COated

The steamship Araguaya. Of the
Royal Mail Steam Packet ConpanT,
which left Bermuda Tuesday in tenn
peraturc Of rs degrees above zero, came
to port yesterday With trimmings Of
ice and snow on her rails, decks and
rigging.
She carried 200 passengers Many of
these, who went aboard at Hamilton
dressed in duck and linen, left the vcs =
sci yesterday bundled Np in furs A.
soon as the vessel docked severa
gangs of Iongshoremen went aboard to
shovel off the snow from her decks
Needless work" remarked the chief
officer as the gangs started their Ia
bors. "Thirtysix hours more and Old
Sol would have removed it for noth-
ing"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Two More Fail
AS Bucketino
Charges Fly
Continued from paao onc)

Mary c. MacMasters. who died January
3, after she had been accidentally shot
in the leg by Miss Mary Allen a mem
Der Of the family.
In announcing the expulsion Of
McMasters e. Co.. Nj Silkworth said
a thorough investigation had been
made by the committee on ways and
means and that the brokers submitted
having violated the rules He said the
firm was expelled under the following
section of the EXCHANGES bylaws:
Amy member of this exchange who
shall De employed to purchase or sell
any security or commodity traded in
on TINS exchange, who shall buy or sell
Gas the case may be) such security or
commodity, directly or indirectly. for
the effect OF his clients orders and,
under cover of two opposite cxecu-
tlons, taking the transaction to his
own account, shall be deemed guilty
of obvious fraud or false pretensc."
Discussing the policy of tho Console
dated Stock Exchange in connection with
the buckctshop inquiry. Nj. Silkwortn
SAID he believed the only permsnent
cure would be to place brokerage
supervision.
said he thought no ono should be al
lowed to operate as stock broker un-
less he was licensed by a standing com
m!ttee of the Legislature. or under an
act such as proposed by Senator Boy
Ian in his anti-bucketshop bill
II nope this agitation against bucket
shops and illegitimatc brokers Will be
carried through to conclusion that
VIII forever remove illegal Brokerage" :"
SAID MIR. Silkworth. If this campaign
IS cropped no" we shall only have
benefited the public by temporarily
driving the bucketshop operator out
of business. A stock brokers' office is
something like bank 1t receives the
money Of the public. As conditions
exist now any individual, whether
honest or otherwise. had the privilege
Of renting an Office. putting his name
up as stock broker and through vari
GUS methods soliciting the accounts
and money of the public. The real So
luton of the problem, in nv opnion.
can best be found through the Legis-
lature'
Small Bail Joke, Says Judge
Judge Mulqucen's attitude toward
stock tricksters was indicated when
Minter and Stanley, connected with
the firm Of Minitcr. Nordon g. Co.. Of
20 Broad Street, appeared before him
TO plead. Assistant District Attorney
Jerome Simmons suggested that the
men be held in $4,000 bail each.
Are these men still in business ?"
asked Judge Mulqucen.
yes" replied Mr.. Simmons.
Then it's joke to place bail at
s5,000,' the court declared. These
men are charged with deliberately
swindling their customers | am con-
vinced that the District Attorney would
not have presented the matter nor
would the grand jury have indicted had
there not been prima facie evidence
that crime was committed. I will put
these men where they cannot continue
business. Bail will be $4,000 in each
case"
Judge Mulqueen agreed with District
Attorney Banton that defendants named
in fraud indictments should be placed
on the preferred calendar for speedy
trials. Miniter and Stanley pleaded
not guilty to the charge of defrauding
Joseph Kaiser, of Newark. They were
remanded to the Tombs to await trial.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
ReuOluer Sandwich
Carried as q Lunch

Jancano Di Marco, twenty-five
years old, Of 228 Mott Street.
strolled through Mulberry Street
yesterday. He had bundle un-
der his arm. At Hester Street,
Patrolman Kramer, of the Eliza
beth Street station, interrupted
the stroll, and demanded to know
the contents Of the bundle.
ut looks like bundle of
lunch,', said Di Marco. II picked
1t out Of an ash barrel"
Lets open it and sce," said
the patrolman.
The package contained two
loaded revolvers. Di Marco was
held for violating the Sullivan
law.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Dr' lisieh Attended Arms
conference for Chinese Bureau

TT. 'ehyi Hsich. of the Chinese
nrso sas and Labor Bureau. with head
W.sc's IN Boston. who spoke at the
wwsssschsstsr Chamber OF Commerce
J..,a,n,esday on "Ck,na's Place in the
,,o'i'. %as referred to j: newspaper
.,nga, .ng,'s q u" meeting as having 81
.'a'' 'he Washington arms cor Ger
e'nn'se delegation.
tin, '' ns:eh po,:.s out IN communica-
psa. 'oat ne attended tho conference
}ss.;a }tsr inc auspices Of his own orran-
ansau,n' the Chinese Trade and Labor
Ss1esu. as an observer.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Brundagc Extends Scope
OF His Anthem Measure
Score Of ''Madamc Butterfly"
Would Have To Be Altered
Under Bills New Form
Frons a Sto0 Correspondent

ALBANY. Feb. 16.- 16.-Assemblyman
Arthur f. Brundagc, who few weeks
ago introduced a bill forbidding the
playing OF the national anthem on hand
organs. introduced complementary bill
to-day prohibiting the playing of "The
Star Spangled Banner" on any musical
instrument. set OF instruments or mu-
steal device where any profit is made,
except where the money is to be used
solely for charitable, religious or pa
trlOtic purposes.
If the Brundage bills become laws,
public performances Of Puccini's "Mad
nmc Butterfly could not be given unless
the references to the national anthem
are delcted.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Pauline Lord
Sued Again ON
'Vamp' Charge
Continued from paqe one)


tests The judgment. rendered in Cali
fornia, was not satisfied. the plaintiff
bringing suit here in 1918 on the Cali
fornla Judgment. 1t still remained un-
paid and the garnishee order was OBJ
tanned. Miss Lord only recently got
through paying $4,000 Judgment OBJ
tanned against her by William A. Pin
kcrton, which was for money loaned.
Plnkcrton also garnshecd her salary.
Under the Roche garnishce Miss Lord
is bound, provided she is employed
and her salary remains at $500 weekly,
to pay $50 week. Working every
week, 1t will take her a year and a
month to satisfy this judgment. Ii
Mrs. Harris, though suing for $50. 900.
RECEIVERS only onc-tenth of that, the ac-
tress, unless she paid it otherwise
might find herself facing another gar
nlshec for like period.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Portuguese Rates Protested

LONDON. Feb. 1e (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-Questioned in the
House OF Commons to-day regarding
increased charges on British ships en-
terine Portuguese ports, Cecil Harms
worth, said Representations had been
made 20 .he Portuguese government
calling attention 20 the injury its
legislation ~euld have on British ship-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
PEACE EAfISSARIES.

Jack Dempsey is in London. oc-
cupying a royal suite in q big hotel.
and rather embarrassed by splendor
and acclaim. His quarters are
thronged with sporting men and
reporters. The streets are impas-
sable when he appears. His opin-
ions are sought on all sorts of
things. The public hangs on his
lightest word. He is treated as
another John L. Sullivan. Bernard
Shaw turns from literature and art
60 tell the world:
,.'Unless Dempsey is prepared to
take on our champions three at a
time, his visit here VIII be one OF
peace-perfect peace
The whimsical Shaw might have
gone further. End said in all seri-
business that man like Dempsey.
with all his lack Of diplomatic
qualities-cr possibly because Of
that Lacks a true missionary Of
peace. The great public any
where, cares nothing for ambassa-
dors. !t.does care for pugilists, and
a fighter is an effective peace-maker
because, in applauding him, red
blooded men everywhere find n
common bond of unity and there
fore fee. peaceful toward each 9th
er. Perhaps the great need of the
world right now is more interna-
tional sport and less diplomacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
ABSTRACT JUSTICE.

Abstraes justice in the settlement
OF war problems is the ideal. ad-
nits Frank a. Vanderlip. the Amer
ican banking expert. writing from
Genoa to, the New York World, but
he insists that it is an impossible
one, because it collides with facts.
Germany ought to be treated Sc
verely, by way of penalty for her
war crimes and reparation for the
damage she has done. Russia
ought to be treated severely for the
sins of the; Soviet regime and the
enforcep7ont of old obligations.
The Allies ought to be obliged to
pay the s11,000.0oa,0oo they owe
the United States.
Yet. III Germany were treated
With abstract justice, it would ruin
her financially, with the result of
social and political upheavals
which would go a long way toward
running British industry If strict
justice were imposed on Russia.
cher delegates could not return
home" The Russian people would
NOT ena,,re snch burdens as a press
ing of legitimate allied claims
would impose. Perhaps they could
not meet them if they wanted to.
There is a growing perception
OF these facts. The French alone.
says Mr.. vanderIip, seem blind to
the impossibility Of enforcing in
IDENTITIES to the letter, and 10 the
probable ruin that would follow if
it were possible to. collect those in
IDENTITIES in full.
The blindness of the French, he
adds, is paralleled by the blindness
Of the extreme American view
which persists in demanding full
satisfaction OF all the American
claims against the allied countries
for war supplies and credits.
There IS going to be another con-
ference, he says, at which the rela-
ton between abstract justice and
concrete facts may be better un-
derstood. and at which America
VIII be represented. If that is the
case, it is just as well for the
American public to start in now to
reconcile theory with actual condi-
tons.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

association two states away who
told about this arrangement ne
was asked II he considered II IAN
co-operation. II e said
When You farmers wake up As
our farmers have. form co-"pe"a-
tive organizations with some
strength and stop the distrlhul ors
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
TACT.

Women are notably tactful in
social life 1t appears that they
can be tactful, too, in public life.
Notwithstanding the record Of a
certain public Enslishwoman who
recently condescended to enligilten
Americans on things in general.
The present reference is to Lady
.Astor, formerly Nancy Langhorne
Of Virginia. Asked her opinion
about Margot Asquith. she replied:
II am not going to discuss Mrs.
lAsquith or any other individual.
All 1 can say is that she is no more
a typical. average Englishwoman
than she is typical. average Amer
ican woman. I might say she is
unique. and I would not be far
wrong
Which reminds one somehow Of
the college president who. when
asked his opinion Of an un-
popular and Intellectual young
professor of celebrated lineage, re-
piled:
professor Blank is the son Of
his father and the grandson of his
grandfather.
Lady Astor has been called the
s'most popular woman in England, "
and her combined intelligence.
tact and sporting spirit make the
distinction quite credible. As
sort of national guest. she is well
come relief after the bitter critic
whom she refuses to criticise.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29

which. to the recipient. IS rs inn
portant as the money.
1t is also observed in such eases
that people who give their charity
money in this businesslike way get
into the habit OF subscribing year
after year as a matter os course,
and pay up very much as they pay
their taxes. and also that the bless
edness OF giving becomes more
widely distributed. That promises
a continuance OF the system, when
it is once properly started.
From the evidence supplied by
Cleveland and q score of other
cities, it seems clear that this is the
best method of dispensing charity
yet devised. and any community
which has not Yet undertaken it
ought to catch up with the process
sion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
MILE AND MARKETS

In one state containin.' several
large cities close together. farmers
have been forced 70 throw out
milk this winter because the price
they got was SO small they could
not afford to ship it. Some Of these
farmers have just formed Il CO.
operative association and are going
after facts and action. One OF the
facts they have learned is that
while they were dumping the milk,
the distributing company Was buy
ing milk from a farmers assocla-
ton two states away. An artificial
surplus was created. and thus the
company was able To keep the
wholesale price down. Th" city
baby who needed milk and tn"
farmers baby who needed shoes
were not considered in the deal
II was member Of the farmers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
RADIO AND TREES.

fhe broadcasting Of the Secretary
OF Agricnlture's arbor day message
is. SO FAR. the supreme achievement
of radioseiephoay. Secretary Nal-
lace was able to spread his message
OYER the entire country, by COM
blnIng the facilities Of the govern
,nsnf radio stations and the most
powerful private stations: It was
rsee;Esa BY perhaps rnree-qnarters
OF g million instruments. Never
before did speakers voice reach
50 many people at one time.
Eh.s record naturally. is destined
to be passed soon. in the wonder
fasay rapid radio development now
going on. IN a year or two speak
g Of note viii be able to address
&n audience Of several millions at
once. IT makes one think OF an
archanget with his trnmpes, sum-
n1oni;nsgssthe nations of xse earth
one opportunity, however, seere-
Try Wallace seems to have over
boxed IN this arbor day effort. lie
anign have connected radio with
trees in a more literal way. ( year
or two ago. an officer of the Army
signal Corps, if memory serves an
nounsed that he had found trees
70 lie good aerials for receiving
wireless messages. All the receiver
aad TO do. ne said. was to drive
naiI into a tree and run wire
from the nail to the receiving in
stsaannenf. His experiments were
made with wireless teiegraphy. A
tree might not serve quite SO we'll
FOR the more delicate requirements
OF tie wireless telephone. but it
uouia surely be worth while for
asaateslrsto Try. A little extra wire
strung mehe tree might help.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
THE AMBITIONS. OF GIRLS.

Of 525 high school girls who
stated their ambitions on little
cards in one city where the Y. w.
C. A, has been conducting a Find
Yourself Week, only one wanted
to become an actress, and she
wanted to be the speaking kind.
Not one girl declared for the
movies.
Most of them planned to go in
to business in some form or other.
Nursing attracted many. school
teaching claimed 65. kindergarten
several more. Fifteen stared a
prediction for the law. 10 for
medicine. two for pharmacy and
one for a beauty parlor. Library
work and social service interested
a good sized group. One wanted 20
be companion to ~. old lady Gittle
does she know What shes in for)
and then there is interior decora-
ting and short-story writing and
newspaper work. each with a few
aspirants.
Only one girl spoke right. out
for marriage as a career. The
others haven't said they wouldn't
marry. They simply expressed
preferences in the way of gain
full occupations to be taken up al
the end of the high school course.
The list is just about what one
might have expected, if there had
not been lately such hue and cry
about the foolishness Of girls. The
hue and cry was wrong, it seems.
and the girls themselves are as
sensible as they have always been.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
sUPER1oR DOMESTIC CHINA

! 4 Fl
After making numerous tests,
the Bnited, States Bureau rof Stand
ards announces that American Wit
rsous china and earthenware 70:
household use is superior IN quail
and Durability to esse products
Of Japan, CHINA, England and Ger
many.
standard impact and tcnapera-
SfIre tests were used, and With few
exceptions, the American wares did
not craze or crack as did the for
esgn makes. The Bureau of stand
ARDS points out tnat for hotel use
Is welf as for household purposes
the domestic ware is now the most
sansfacters
It's Interesting to note, one by
one the products now produced in
this Country which formerly came
almost entirely from foreign lands.
ana TO learn that America is nov,
rot only able TO supply herself with
these things, but to improve on
fhs quality and sery5eeahility OF the
goods. II is a good thing for the
-.
nation to become more self-reliant
n some os these fields and 10 prove
10 Itself that skin and patience as
well as Inftiative and imagination
are american traits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
Danube River Greatest Trade
Artery in Europe.

Prague, April 5.-Keen rivalry
for predonlinance in the Danube
shipping is developing among the
three-land-locked fragments Of the
dismembered Hapsburg Empire
Austria. CZechosIoyakia and. Hun
gary. The Danube River is their
sea. and port facilities mean traf-
fic and national income. Hence
one form OF their competition il TO
build up their respective ports
Vienna. Pressburg now called
Bratislava) and Budapest. situat-
ed close TO each other on bend OF
the river.
With the prospect Of a. connect
ing canal system between the Dan
abe and the Rhine through Bazaar
ian enterprise, the Danube is COM
ing TO be regarded here as the
greatest artery Of trade in Europe
Of tomorrow and the British We're
aware Of this when they founded
their River Syndicate.
The first struggle between the
three ports was to get the Allies
Danube Commission. BratlSlaVa
won but the term was fixed for
five years and the commission will
next go where the biggest traffic Is.
This is spurring the Czecl1s 70 in
crease the traffic capacity OF
Bra,islaya TO 1000, 900 tons this
year and ultimate plans call for
a capacity for 100000 tons.
The struggle for trade thus FAR
is mostly between Bratislava and
Budapest with Vienna tagging.
Hungary has granted q contract 10
a French firm to construct first
class port at Budapest and the
Czecfs are preparing to answer
this by eouipping Bratislava at a
cost 10 the government OF 22S,000,-
600 Czech crowns. CZechosiovakia
also proposes to build a subsidiary
port at Komarno. This work is TO
be completed in three years.
4 private company has been or
ganiZed to take over the shipping
under the Czech flag on the Danube
and Czechoslovakia means to keep
the Danube commission at Bratis-
lava.