South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-10

No Standard Of Morality
Tho Industry numbers in it's ranks
aI- sorts os pcope with al sorts ~
training and education, IN the same
set t IS possible 20 see a noted
actor-d ircr+or with coliese-bred
scenario writer az his elbow direct
ing scene In which the leading
woman may De one who fought her
wav up from the old time burlesque
chorus while her leading man may
have stepped from a bank or even
pulpit directly 20 stars position,
because % some charm OF feature
ar superiority Of physique
E-vel- body has heard the query
What's the matter with the
-rovies9" and Observers IN Los An
-eles -hiuk they know the answer.
G1 tleir belief tho trouble with the
motion picture industry is the pres
enca within it Of relatively small
proportion Of people whose senses
were Dec.0uded by sudden prosper
ty. The lack of demand on the part
Cf producers for a sta ndard OF NOR
atty 20 be observed by their en-
p-oyos- the lack OF thrift and the
.
fact that character has not been de-
marded hy either producers or the
public as am element 20 success
L. s. Attorney Probes.
Detectives were said today 20 have
had young Easterner who was
mentioned ln an earlier investiga-
ton of the case under the closest
surveillance late Wednesday after
noon IT. was stated investigators
found wide discrepancies fin a story
he told earlier OF his whereabouts on
the nlght Taylor was shot down in
his bungalow home. The suspect is
said 20 have been p close friend Of
leading motion picture actress.
Dist Atty. Woolwine. who return
eI 90 Los Angeles Wednesday from
a short vacation. today evidenced
unusual interest in the battling case.
He placed his chief deputy. w g.
Toran. iu charge of the investiga-
tion and gave orders that no inter
ests DE allowed TO hamper the probe
Tn was understood today that at
taches OF the district attorneys Of
flee We're busily engaged in going
through scores Of letters and tele-
grams found in addition to the Nor
m7nd letters
The Normand letters. IL was said
were only "a minor portion OF those
found and 10 was POSSIBLE that valu-
able Clew7 would be developed
through close scrutiny Of these docu-
mente
What DO Letters Reveal?
There was great conjecture as 70
how these letters reached their hid
iuE place. II was suggested that
Taylor feared their theft and had
hidden them there The letters and
kilograms of Taylor accumulated,
Investigators said. during the time
he directed such noted stars as
Mary Pickford. Mary Miles Minter,
Betty Compson. Elsie Ferguson and
others.
Miss Normand was reported 20
have made efforts 10 recover her
letters for several DAYS. but had
failed She was quoted as saying that
she wished 10 have them because
some of the terms mentioned in
them might he miscOnstrued, al
though she and the director under
.~st
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in order to- give all Of his time to the
attempt of his office TO solve the
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