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The Washington times., 1922-02-09
WIN. DESMOND TAYLOR.

WIN. DESMOND TAYLOR.
Noted motion picture director,
fifty-five a man of mystery.
Had been divorced. Had one
child. a daughter. Ethel Daisy
Deane-Tanner, nineteen.
Was of powerful physique
that he could have used TO ad-
vantage had he a chance to
grapple with his slayer.
Was shot at close range the
night of February 1, last, after
9 o'clock, in the bungalow at
Hollywood, Cal, in which he
lived alone.
Detectives regard the pale pink
nightgown of filmy silk, trim
med with lace. positively identi-
fled as belonging to a movie star,
as a most important clue. IL
had been i'm the bungalow. IL
disappeared the day after the
murder.
Taylor was shot at desk con-
tanning letters that have van
ished.
His body was found by a. SER
want.
Pictures and letters from wo-
men were found. Letters from
Mabel NOrmand have disap-
peared.
A woman. Mabel Normand, is
the last known person TO have
seen Taylor alive.
A woman, Mabel Normand,
was among the first visitors to
the bungalow after the tragedy.
Two theories have been ad-
vanced. One is that jealousy
over a woman was the motive.
The other is that revenge grow
ing out Of a former employees
alleged fOrgeries and thefts In
spired the Staying. Robbery
was not the motive. Nothing
was stolen.
No weapon was found.
All doors were locked when
the crime was discovered.
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
HAYS WILL NOT ASSUME
MOVIE HOUSEKEEPING

Miami, Fla. Feb. 9.-Wil H.
Hays, the new Gar Of the movies,
is not going to Los Angeles to
clean house" in the Hollywood
film colony. he informed the Inter
national News Service today.
Hays laughed when told of re.
ports that he is contemplating a
coast trip.
81 have made absolutely no plans
TO go to California" said the Post
master General. las a matter of
fact, am doing nothing in CON
neCtion with the moving picture
business at all. My contract with
the National Association of Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors
starts after March 4, and until that
time I'm taking a rest, the first
real one I've had in a long time"
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
GIFT WHlSKEY FOUND TO
BE GOOD INK ERADlCATOR

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Feb. 10
"Moonshine whisky" that removes
ink from hardwood floors was a
gift to Fred Kingston, local broker,
yesterday. Kingston, while moving
into a new office. spilled a large
bottle of black ink on the new
floor.
Not having ink remover convent.
ent, he tried the whisky which had
been presented him. The whisky"
removed the ink, the stains, and
bleached a large white spot in the
floor
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
JOSEPH BOVINE ELwELL.

JOSEPH BOVINE ELwELL.
Bridge whist expert, forty
four, a man OF mystery.
Was separated from his wife.
Had one child, a son. Richard,
sixteen.
Was OF powerful physique
that he could have used to ad'
vantage had he a chance TO
grapple with his slayer.
Was shot at close range the
morning of June II, 1920, be-
tween 4 o'clock and 7:3o. in the
apartment at No. 244 West 10th
street, New York, where he
lived alone.
Detectives found a filmy pink
silk garment cut in the shape
Of a tight kimOnO, falling lit
tie below the knees. With IL
were a boudoir cap and pair
Of slippers Of the same material.
These vanished the day OF the
murder and were missing sever.
al days.
Elwell was reading letters
when shot.
His dying form was found by
n servant.
The police found list of wo-
mems names, thirty.five pic
lures Of women and numerous
letters from some Of them In
the apartment.
A woman was in the group
that last saw Elwell alive, a few
hours before he was shot.
A woman was among the first
visitors to the apartment after
the tragedy.
Two theories were advanced.
One was that jealousy over y
woman was the motive. The
other was that financial differ
ences inspired the staying. Rob
berry was not the motive. Moth.
ing was stolen.
No weapon was found.
All doors were locked when
the crime was discovered.
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
GAvEL CLUB PLANS TO
ENTERTAIN D. c. WOMEN

The Gavel Club OF Master Masons
will hold its regular Ladies Night
Friday evening at the clubreoms,
1917 New York avenue. There will
be an entertainment and n five
hundred card party.
The annual election of officers
and members OF the board Of gov.
ernors will be held at the February
meeting Of the club, followed by a
public installation at the Raleigh
on March 1.
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
Excuses
FIGURE: IN
TRAGEDIES
, Both Victims Were Exponents
of Gay and Easy Life of
Self Indulgence.
BY MaRGERY REX.

NEW YORK, Feb. st is easy
for the enemy of a man who lives
secretly to murder him unseen.
In mysterious manner two men
who ate the secret bread of pleas
ure and drank sweet stolen waters
have died by the fury of assassins
still unknown.
Strange Parallel.
The career Of William Desmond
Taylor, slain movie director, in life
and death paralleled that Of Jim"
Elwell, so strangely shot down in his
New York home two years ago.
Each lived alone, and alone each
was attacked. From both Taylor and
Elwell, in their last moments, some
one fled.
Men who shun daylight are apt to
make themselves tempting targets
for marksmcn in the dark.
Taylor's leave-takinE of life was
just as mysterious as his ineXplicable
4 departure in 1903 from his wife and
child, and just as unaCCountabIe as
his later change of name, for the
dead man was known originally as
William Cunningham Deanne-Tan-
ner.
Who could have arranged Taylor's
clandestine rendezvous with death"
Suspicion goes over the list of pos
sibilities. There is, for instance,
Edward +. Sands, the dead mans
valet, who robbed his master and
whom, one of the feminine stars says,
Taylor vowed to kill at sight. And
there are the men who are interested
in the women Taylor knew.
Will one of the brilliant stars of
that glamorous world, whose little
suns are Cooper Hewitts shoot
Apwn to earth and be oblitera ted in
he tragedy?
Both AdOred BY Women.
Like his prototype Elwell, Taylor
was adored by the opposite Sex. hut
cared for none constantly. In fact,
il is said he was indifferent to love.
Interesting. travelled, well-read a
brilliant talker and a discreet COndi-
dant, Taylor held the friendship of
many women. Whether or not his
relations with them were sentimental
or not cannot he determined at this
9time. --.-..-
But why did he disappear in 1908
from a beautiful wife and daughter,
from a host of friends and a gay
social circle?
Rover by nature, William Deane-
Tanner came to New York from
Dublin in the late nineties. Movies
were unheard of then, and the young
Irishman did not dream of the magic
lantern which would create a life of
splendor for him and for thousands
of others.
He was Interested in antiques and
objects of art He entered into that
business near Thirtieth street and
Fifth avenue at a period when this
neighborhoOd held many small shops
with fascinating wares; when the
Holland House was flOurishing, and
fine old homes and old-fashiOned
apartment houses had not Ueen
superseded by business
"Florodora was then in her first
fling. Among the pretty girls of that
first cast was Ethel May Harrison.
They met and married in 1901.
Clubs, raCCtraCk, theatCrs and gay
parties drew this restless individual,
who because of his addiction to a
life of pleasure did not cause serious
worry to his family when ne disap
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
POSSIBILITY OF COAL
STRIKE is DISCUSSED

NEW YORK. Feb. s.-West Vir.
ginia coal operators conferred here
Yesterday regarding the possibility
Of a strike. J. G.. Bradley, one Of
the conferees, said no action had
been taken.
In a formal statement, Mr.. Brat
ley, who asserted the open-shop
policy was making gains, said:
Provided the consumers take a
vigorous stand on a policy Of stock
ing coal at once and arrange for
their supplies over the emergency
period. the nonunion and open.shop
producers will be amply able to
take care of the country's coal
needs in case Of strike.
Meanwhile, the Anthracite Coal
Consumers Association, recently or
ganized for the announced purpose
of cutting the coal bill in the East
ern district 500 900 900. made pub
lie Endorsement by the Real Estate
Board of New York Of it's plans TO
obtain a cheaper freight rate on
anthracite movements and to i'm
prove the quality of coal.
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
The Fall OF n Star.

The director is still a director,
though he wants to be free.
He had hitched his wagon to a
star, and then sought the moon, but
the star turned out to be a comet,
rocketing down, and rocketing fast.
You haven't seen the girl on the
screen In a long time. You are
not apt To see her again You
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
SCANDAL MAY
WRECK CAREER
Of FAMED STAR
She Is Drug Addict and Her
Director Humors Her
Failing.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Feb. 81
The murder OF William Desmond
Taylor has had a fearsome effect
upon the movies. 1t has threatened
the regulations OF some of the
brightest names in the film world. |
1t is exposing dcbauCheries, the
loOseness, the rottenness OF Holly
wood. II may cost the producers
hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
Hollywood lifts up its hands to-
cover its face. shrieks out against
the bright light binding II, de.
tends its conduct with all the genius
of its press agent and organization,
and continues in its iniquity.
An Unheeded Warning.
The murder, whether IT was done
by a jealous lover or revengeful
sweetheart, or a thief. or a black
mailer, has been warning that
has gone unheedcd.
And yet the colony is on the
verge OF another scandal, another
earthquake that will rock IL harder
than the Taylor murder. that will
shake more illustrious names out
Of the skies and scatter them in the
gutter. The scandal IL overdue.
II concerns a director and a
famous star, one OF the sweetest
girls that ever romped the screen.
You know her well, and him.
| You have wept with her, you have
laughed with her. You have looked
at her sweet lips, and II you were a
girl, wished your own were like
them, and, II you are a man, you
may, perhaps, have fancied you d
/ like to kiss them.
Sweet-and Vile.
Millions of mothers have looked
at her and loved her, and wondered
IL their daughters would be as
sweet. Everything about this girl
Is sweet.
And yet those sweet lips utter
ugly little Anglo-Saxon vuIgarities,
| coarse observations, obsCenities.
And they can blow smoke rings
thick as doughnuts.
The girl was one of the first of
the picture stars. Taken when she
was young and not very wise, she
was whipped into a pantomimist. She
had a peculiar beauty, a winsome-
ness, a sad smile that was infinitely
affecting.
She fell in love with a chauffeur.
roughneck with nice shoulders
and a winning way, and the girl
whom everybody in the world idol.
lied threw herself at the chauffeur's
feet.
An Ungrateful Lover.
She made a director out of him.
Oh, it wasn't much of a miracle; it
does not take much to make q di-
rector-a pair of puttees, a mega
phone, a raucous voice, an irritat.
ing manner, a birthstone voCabu-
larry, a trick of the eyebrows, and
It's not hard to do, too-and there
you are.
He was ambitious-but not crate,
full.
The other day he and the girl
were in a room in the Alexandria
Hotel with some friends. The voice
Of the girl-you would never rec
ognize 1t, never associate it with
those sweet lips-was raised and
angry.
can't get away with Il. II you
try Il, there'l be headlines I'm the
papers, bigger than those In the
ArbuclSle case"
The Fall OF n Star.
The director is still a director,
though he wants to be free.
He had hitched his wagon to a
star, and then sought the moon. but
the star turned out to be a comet,
rocketing down, and rocketing fast.
You haven't seen the girl on the
screen in a long time. You are
not apt 10 see her again You
The Washington times., 1922-02-09
Mass for Miss Bike.

The st. Patrick Players will as
semble tomorrow morning at 1880
o'clock in St. PatriCk's Church for
a mass of requiem for Miss Frances
Bike, who lost her life in the
Knickerbocker Theater disaster.
Miss Bike. a senior at st. Cecilia s
Academy, played an important role
In the musical production of the
PLAYERS, Leave 1t To Pierre"
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

A young Viscount receiving
the congratulations of his "peas-
antry'' upon the celebration of
his sixth birthday. The young
nobleman is Viscount Townsend,
who stands by the side of his
mother on the steps of Raynham
Hall, his family seat in Norfolk.
The little girl behind him is
Lady Elizabeth, his sister.
Pacific & Atlantic.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

BY greasing the inside rim the
boiling over of a pot will be avoided.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS
GROW BOASTFUL AFTER
PEEP At WAVING GRAIN
By the Associated Press.

~ tne Aesocfapeo ffese. =
MOSCOW, July 1.-the Russian
government now is more Interested
in the waving grain fields OF Russia
than in, any help from tho western
world. particularly since the dev4l-,
opments at The Hague.
II the grain crop should coma up
to the present high expectations
many Of the leading government ON.
cials advance the theory that 1t will
be best for Russia to struggle on
alone, or only with the assistance OF
the individual foreigners who are
willing to take a chance on the So
viet's own terms, than to bother
with the doubtful prospects Of aid
from the allies.
The communists are openly boast
full that II the food after the harvest
Is as plentiful as now is promised,
Russia, whose chief thought is food,
will be in such immeasurably better
shape than during the past i've
years that 1t will be slowly able to
reconstruct itself, notwithstanding
the Industrial breakdown.
Evening star., 1922-07-19

Bears eat out Of your band. Go
this year. Fares very low.
Take In Salt Lake City, all of
scenic Colorado and Denver at
no extra cost. If going to the
Pacific Coast stop 1t the Park
On the Way.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
ART TREASURES STOLEN.
German Offer l 600, 900 Marks for
Paintings Gone Four Years.

BERLIN. July IA theft Of val
liable paintings which occurred four
years ago has been announced by the
Frankfurt police Issuing a proclama-
ton to the effect that "a collection
OF pictures was stolen from rail-
way carriage of the Second Guards
Division, en- route from Brussels to
Germany, November 8, 1918. Included
were q portrait of the Spanish In
fante by Valesquez. two works Of
Rubens. a Van Dyck and other old
masters. A reward of 1000. 900 marks
Is offered for their recovery"
No explanation is given as to why
the pictures were on the way from
Brussels to Germany or to whom
they belonged.
Evening star., 1922-07-19


magicaIy low wealth Styles all with tibk
plentiful
Evening star., 1922-07-19

A vacation In Yellowstone Ma
'tional Park 10 the experience Of q
lifetime. Over 5000 square miles
encompassing the worlds ereat-
est natural wonders. 0eysers
salute you. Iridescent pools boil
and bubble. Cataracts roar.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
STEAMPiPES ExPL ODE
ON u. S. BATTLESHIP
one scalded, 12 Unconscious on
New Collision Averted
by Few Yards.

By the Associated Pres.
PORT ANGELES, Wash, July 10.
|-Expiodiffg steampipes on the bat
tleship New York scalded one man,
rendered twelve others unconscious
and nearly caused a collision between
the flagship and the destroyer Nc
Dermut. as the fleet was returning
to this port from maneuvers last
night
The explosion occurred in the boi,er
room, underneath the steering engine
With her rudder helpless. the big bat
tleshtp swerved toward the starboard
where the destroyers were steaming
IN column. Ensign Burket, officer of
the deck. aboard the McDermut, turn
eo MS snip sharply to port and avert
ed a. serious accident by a few Yards
Evening star., 1922-07-19
LEAGUE PLANNING PROBE
OF BALKAN TROUBLES
Acceptance of Invitation Surprises
Nations Asking for In
vestigation.
ny CoNSTANTINE STEPHANOVE.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Coprrioht

BY CONSTANTINE STEPHANOVE.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1922.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 18.-In an
swer to repeated complaints by
Serbia, Rumania and Greece of in
cursions on their territory by bands
Of Bulgarians, the Bulgarian govern
ment has appealed to the league of
nations to send committee to in
yestigate the matter on the spot.
This invitation has been accepted,
much to the surprise Of the four ma
tions involved, and they have been
asked to send delegations to London,
where the question can have pre-
liminary treatment.
In the Bulgarian ministerial crisis
Premier Stamboulisky continues to
hold his post. He is still the strong;
the virtual dictator of the country.
Though the opposition is still too
weak to cause his downfall. he may
again resign temporarily, as he did
last wear, only to resume the leader
Ship again with greater vigor.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
CLOTHING WORKERS OUT
$500 Strikers In Baltimore Tie Up
Small Factories.

BALTIMORE, July 1s.-Between
a.5OO and $4,000 union clothing work.
ers went on strike here. tying up
practically all the medium sized and
small factories, according to union
oficials. None of the larger estab-
lishments are affected. they having
previously signed agreements with
their employees.
The strike was called, Samuel
Rudows union manager, said. to OBJ
tain agreements stabilizing wages
and to get scale of wages which
will be equally fair to workers in
all grades of work"
Evening star., 1922-07-19
SHOT; KEEPS IT SECRET:
Man Has No Medical Attention for
Over Forty-Eight Hours.

MACON, Ca, July 19.-with two
bullet holes in his back, each more
than orty-eight hours old, according
to doctors. man who gave the name
of william Mitchell, twenty-seven,
and who says he is from Powhattan,
road here and carried to q hospital.
He says he was shot while in West
vir1inia, and that he hed to; Georgia
to keep his best friend from getting
into trouble over the shooting.
Mitchell claims to be . tneman.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
KILLED ON CROSSING.
Tennessee Man Hit by Engine Dur
ing Heavy Shower.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. Jtfly IA
James Afford, thirty-nine. was killed
yesterday. afternoon at an unprotected
the wagon ne was driving was struck
by an engine on the c.. G. & O. rail-
road, the horse was killed tnntantly, the
waTon wrecked and Affords seven-
,year-old son. was slightly injured.
Afford was driving the dray wagon to
FOR sorne time q city firemen ana has
recently been engaged in the transfer
business. -
Evening star., 1922-07-19

Rouge use d. within certain limits tn
add to a girls appearance. meets with
the approval Of one prominent New
York clergyman.
Evening star., 1922-07-19
LUTHERAN EDITOR DEAD

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. July 19.-
Rev. ]. M. Sundheim, editor of Lu
theraneien. ofiicial publication Of thu
Norwegian Lutheran Church o.
America. died here yesterday.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-01-12

Drastic reduction in Mems and
Boys Suits at "Jewett's. "-Adver-
tisement.
Services were held Sunday At
tclnoon in the Universalist church
with Rev Weston Cate as TIE
preacher. Miss Doris Colby acted
as Organist.
Glen Pearl, who has been work
ing on the Hough farm on BemiS
Hill, has returned TO his former
work in the railroad shops, and
will room at E. J. BlodGctt's AMI
board at Mrs. IneZ McDonald's ;, rs
formerly.
Lyndon Institute began the
winter term Monday with classes
in the Baptist church and in San
born House, and the year will b.
completed under these arrange
ments. But much discomfort can
be endured when thinking Of the
fine new building which is to be
erected
Mrs. Myrtle Clarke and Cathar-
inc have been staying Il. Charles
Stualts with Dorothy Stuart.
during the absence Of her fathe.
and mother in Boston Mr.. and
Mrs. Stuart returned Tuesday and
the Clarkes have gone to hou O.
keeping in the tenement in the
Dodge and Watson block in the
tenement vacated by Mr.. and Mr..
McLane.
Elmer B. Bailey of the Homo
Insurance company and II. G.
Hickok, both from BURLINGTON.
were in town last week and IL
iusted the insurance loss on the
Institute building and contents for
the various insurance companies
repreSented The loss was quickly
settled. as it was total the amount
being $4,000 on the building ard
$1,000 on the contents.
Mrs. William G.. Saunders has
gone to Boston to spend three or
four weeks with her two married
daughters there
Miss Blanche Conner has been
spending a few days in Boston on
Il business trip for the creamery
interests.
Robert Stockwell has been quite
a sick man for the past week, the
cause being a violent attack cf
whoopinc cough.
A little daughter, Dorothy. was
recently born to Mr.. and Mr..
Daniel Murray, formerly of thu,
place. who are now living in Nal
den, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Christopher
Sunday for California.
Willis Conner is in Boston fo:'
a few days this week
Mrs. II. F. Folsom left the first
Of the week for Los Angeles, Cal.
where she will spend the next
three months with Mr.. Folsom'a
brother, Steven Folsom. Mr.. Fol-
som will join her in March for the
return home.
News has becu received Of the
death of Mrs. Mary A. Vail, aft II
an illness of about year, at her
home in BROOKLYN N Y. Mr..
Vail lived here for number Of
years.
G. II. Mcleod and family have
moved from the Weber house on|
Center street into the house be-.
LONGING to John Daigle, nearly or.
posite the Catholic church.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-01-12

Mr.. Parkins came to see my sister
Gladdis last mite bringing buntch
Of roses and no candy, Gladdi
acting as if she was glad as eny-
thing about the flowers and me
feeling sad about the candy, and
they sat in the parler and tawked
IA vile and then they had a argew-
ment and Mr.. Parkins left erly
and slammed the frunt door as ii
he thawt it belonged to HIM.
And today Gladdis kepp on ask
ing if enybody had called her up
on the telefone. Meening Mr.. Per-
EinS. Wich he hadent, and Glad
dis wawked Ground the house
looking mad and not tawking po-
lite to cnybody even if thcy
tawkcd polite to her ferst, and
this aftilnoon she was up in her
room sticking her he'd out in the
hall every time the telefone rang,
and | had a ideer how to make
her feel good, and ] went down
stats and got the flowers Mr.. Par
kins brawt last mite and took them
up and stuck my he'd in Gladdisr3
room, saying, Hay Gladdis look
wat Mr.. Parkins sent
Wat, wat, give them to me, sed
GladdiS looking as if she felt twice
rs good alreddy, and she ran and
grabbed the flowers and stuck he,
nose in them saying, O. aren't
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-01-12
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Honey and Tar was Il wonderful
emergency remedy" Cases like
this give Foley's Honey and Tar
ITS reputation rs the best remedy
for coughs and colis.--Advertise-
ment.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-01-12

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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-01-12
LyrdOnvine

Drastic reduction in Mems and
Bows Suits at "Jewett's 5. "-Adver-
tiSement.