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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
MOVIE STAR VISITED HIS sUNGA-
Low, SERVANT OF FILM
DIRECTOR SAYS.
JEALOUS WOMAN IS THEORY
Mabel Normand Is Questioned by the
Police When Negro Butler Tells
Of Having Left Her Alone
With w. D. Taylor.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Los Angeles was
shocked by another fiendish murder
mystery when the body of William
Desmond Taylor, so, chief director for
the Lasky Studios, was found in his
home at 404 South Alvarado street
Taylor had been shot through the
heart.
The gruesome discovery was made
by Henry Peasey, negro servant
when he arrived at the home where
Taylor lived alone. The body was w.
ing beside desk, where he had been
going over number of cancelled
checks that he had received from the
bank.
Among the last persons known to
have seen Taylor alive was Mabel
Normand, film coincidence, it was
announced by detectives.
Peasey told the police that about
I o'clock, when he had nearly finished
serving dinner to Taylor, Miss Nor
mand called to see the director.
Miss Normand was questioned by
the police, who said she unhesitnting-
~ told Of the visit She had stopped
ut Taylor's apartments to return n
borrowed book, she said, and talked
with him about recent robberirs of his
home.
She said Taylor accompanied her to
her automobile when she left, and her
chauffeur corroh0rated her statements.
according to the police.
Miss Normund's departure. 1t was
said, was almost simultaneous with
that Of Peasey
The name of Edna Purviance. also
II motion picture actress. whose apart
ment is near that occupied by TAYLOR.
also was in public print in connection
with the directors death. when IT
was learned she telephoned word of
the tragedy to Miss Normand. the
police stated.
IayIor was to telephone to her later
In the evening, Miss Normand said,
but did not do so.
Miss Edna Purviance lives in n
house adjoining the Taylor bungalow.
She returned home about midnight
and saw the light burning in TayIor's
apartment.
other female acquaintance of the
director Will be questioned. The the
DRY now being worked ON is that
Jealous woman either shot Taylor or
had him shot That a woman actually
did the staying is the more gpnprnlIy
accepted theory.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Surely, Surely Not.

She is Il precise school teacher with
a perfect adherence for poor English
and a decided fondnpss for correcting
the grammatical errors Of others. And
he is young newspaper reporter into
whose hands has recently fallen cor.
respondents style book from news.
paper which lays particular emphasis
on the misuse Of the word secure"
The other evening he called by tee
phone to invite her to the theater.
Have you secured the seats?" she
inquired.
"Oh, my, no." was the quick reply.
"Surely you're not so heavy as all
that"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Resemblance Noticed.

Mrs. Became was admirIng Mrs.
Deare's baby.
"Oh, what . darlingw
Dada. Goo goo! Hoo! Daw re-
piled the baby.
''The dear" exclaimed Mrs. Beanie.
Hes trying so hard to talk"
Eyes; he talks that way all day, but
he doesn't say anything" ventured
Bobbie, the iive-ycarold brother of
the bnby,
"The baby is so much like his
father" Mrs. Deure commented
aprOpos Of nothing, Of course.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Protecting Men Against Themselves.

Smith, in the Canadian Northwest,
without the official approval Of the
Royal Canadian mounted police To
go north Of there, the traveller must
eXpIain his reasons for going, prove
that he has made arrangements for
transportation into the country and
out and assure the officials that he has
sufficient food supply to last until
hiG return, If he can prove that he is
able to travel in the wIlds and not
starye and that his business is lcgitI.
mite, he Is allowed to g on,--Dcar.
born Independent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
chiId's Sled Not Pleasure Vehicle.

New fork.-A chlld's sled is not
/" pleasure vehicle, Magistrate Hitting
ruled. He found Jacob Eisner and
Harry Harshinsky, fathers, guilty of
violating a city ordinance of drawing
their progeny through Central Park
ON sleds, but suspended sentence
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
10000 Jack Rabbits Poisoned,

Bend, Ore.-Sixty thousand jack
rabbits killed in three weeks as the
result of eating poison-saturate rye is
the record established by state and bio
logical survey employees, who are con.
Quoting campaign against the pests In
the Fort Rock Valley.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
1900 Iron MoIders vo+. p.v a..

Clnclnnati.-rwelve hundred iron
molders In the Cincinnati district vot-
ed TO accept n reduction in wages from
S6 to $3.50 day. The molders have
been idle since January l.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Asteroid Reported clrcIIno Saturn

Chicago.-An astronomical body, ap-
pearing to be an asterold, which is sim
liar to a small comet, has been clrcl-
ing about Saturn, according to Prof.
Edwin b. Frost of the University Of
Chicago, who is here from the Yerkes
Observatory at Lake Geneva.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
-------------------------
Botulinus Poison Kills Man

Santa Rosa, Cal.--Joe PastorI Of
Healdsburg, near here, died, and his
wife and 22-year-old son were at the
point of death from what physicians
pronounced botulInus poisoning, be-
lleved to have been caused by eating
home preserved beans.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
A Lady Of Distinction

Is recognized by the delicate fascinat.
Ing influence CT the perfume she uses.
A bath with CutIcura Soap and hot
water TO thoroughly cleanse the pores
followed by busting with Cuticura
Talcum powder usually means a clear,
sweet. healthy observation-disclosures
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
eHurt In Explosion at Home.

East Liverpool, O.--Nine persons
were seriously injured when an ex-
plosion of natural gas blew the six
room home of Adam Youkloski from its
foundation at Salineville, near here.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Woman is Rohhsd of $40 600.

New YOrk.--Mrs. Max Gitelmacher,
wife of physician, was robbed of
$4,000 by two men who attacked her
as she was about to enter her home
she reported to the police.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Woman Sock Knitter, 1o1. Dies.

Charl0ttetown, =. f. Mrs. VIII
liam Gibson, 101 years old, Of Marsh
field, Prince Edward Island, who knit,
ted so pairs Of socks for Canadian sol
diers during the great war Is dead.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Rum Mash Blocks CITY Sewers.

Butte, Mont-City sewers on Butte's
East Side nre blocked by large deposits
Of moonshine mash, including prune
seeds, rye, barley, raisins. corn and
cherry pits, City Engineer Henry ].
Wiegenstein said.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
sergt. Lee Henry of the marine corps

Sergt Lee Henry Of the marine corps
and four members Of the police force
at Manga, Nicaragua, were killed in
fight when the police overlook Henry
and three marine Corporas who had
been reported as deserters from the
piArine detachment the day before.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
Dies of Injuries Received in Rio.

Marquette, Mich.-T. b. Catlin,
warden at the Michigan State Prison,
died here from injuries received in a
prison riot month ago.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
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The Washington times., 1922-10-03
When o. Girl Murries
ABSORBING SERIAL OF EARLY Welded LIFE

four women we are thon. So all
can pair off, without anybody hav.
ing not a partner"
Carlotta WINGED. But before any.
one could strive TO amelioratc the
situation. Rosa plunged ahead:
Tonight | am not great lady:
] am canine. I say what comes
i'm my head and no one can stop
little Rosa. Pat, he is such an old.
fashioned married man, cannot
make him to make eyes AZ me a.
all. And the st. Anthony is IN.
terosted elsewhere. So all of us
are silly if we waste time thinking
he means what he does not.
Those are the very words Mrs.
Dalton she have said at dinner.
So with one of the men only see
ing his wife-and one of them in.
terested elsewhere'-1 should say
how you say-worry if tonight
make the hit or not"
| dOubt If a wave of poison gas
sweeping into the room out of the
Dreamwold gardens would have
startled us more-or choked Us
as unpleasantly. Rosa's tone held
more of inneundo than her words
Virginia gasped at this miSap.
pliCation OF words undoubtedly
hers. She had warned Rosa
against trying to flirt with Tony
by saving precisely what Rosa now
twisted to suggest that TonyS in
tcrest lay outside our present
group.
All in a moment there register.
ed on my mind the various queer
things Rosas speech was doing to
these dear friends of mine. Tony
was merely astonished.
On Carlotta's face there was the
pleading look Of little girl who
doesn't want to be walked from
beautiful dream and told that va.
cations over and school begun
again. But Pat was white with
rage. When a very thorough Irish
gentleman like Pat Dalton gets
his Irish up" things are likely
to he Said-or one-Or both.
And then it came over me so
strangely that whatever he did
would probably be wrong. To pay
any attention to such piece Of
malice or stupidity is to give It
weight and importance. So before
Pat could drive home into Car.
lotta's mind the insinuation that
Rosa had II on Virginia g author.
ity that TonY-horrible words
was interested elsewhere" flunS
myself into the breach.
To BE Continued Thursday
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
A Real Live Man.

Nothing of the sort" broke ia
sensible, fearless little Jane; Il
think the Lady Mary was wrong.
He could not have known her by
inspiration"
Jane is right" exclaimed Mary,
whose temper, if short. was also
short-lived, and whose kindly heart
always set her right if she hut
gave it a little time. Her faults
were rather those of education
than OF nature. Jane is right; it
was what ! deserved. did not
think when spoke. and did not
really mean it as it sounded. He
acts like a man, and looked like
one. too when he defended himself.
Il warrant the pope at Rome
could not run over him with i'm
punity. For once | have found {,
real live man, full of manliness
I saw him in the lists at Windsor
a week ago, but the king SAID his
name was a secret. and | could not
learn it. He seemed to know you,
Jane. Who is he? Now tell us all
you know. The queen can wait"
And her majesty waited on
girls curiosity.
I had told Jane all | knew about
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
HEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWE
4 World-Famous Story of the All-COnt
quering Power of Love Over the
Heart of the Willful and Beau
tiful Sister of the Auto
cratic King Henry VIII. ]

fectly straight face, but with a
smile trying its best to break out.
"Oh! you have not? Well! how
would you like to have somebod"
always telling you that Apollo was
humpbacked and misshapen com.
pared with you; that Endymion
would have covered his face had
he but seen yours, and 80 on"
Il don't know, but ! think |
should like it-from some persons"
he replied, looking ever so inno'
cent.
This savored of familiarity Gftcr
so brief an acquaintance, and
caused the princess to glance up
in slight surprise: but only 70" the
instant, for his innocent look dis.
armed her.
Il have a mind to see" she re-
turned, laughing and throwing her
head back, as she looked up 1T him
out Of the corner OF her lustrOu5
eyes. But | will pay you a bette
compliment. l positively think yoI
for the rebuke. do many thingS
like that, for which | am always
sorry. Oh you don't know how
difficult it is TO be a good princess"
And she shook her head. with d
gathering OF little trouble.wrinkleS
in her forehead, as much as 20
say, There is no getting away
from it, though" Then she
brcathed soft little sigh of
tribulation as they walked on.
Il know il must be task to be
good when everybody flatters even
ones shortcomings" said Bran.
don, and then continued in a wa
that. | am free to confess, was
something priggish: ut is almost
impossible for US to see our own
faults, even when others are kind
enough to point them out, for they
are right ugly things and ur-
pleasant to look upon.
Copyright. Bobbs-Merril Co.
tTO BE Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1922-10-03

Coming up to the princess and
her ladies, who were waiting, Jane
said: Lady Mary, let me pre-.
sent Master Brandon, who. II he
has offended in any way, hunbly
sues for pardon" That was the
one thing Brandon had no EOtiOn
on earth of doing. but he lie: it
go as Jane had put it, and this
was his reward;
"It is not Master Brandon who
should sue for pardon" responded
the princess, 1T is I who was
wrong. | blush for what ! did and
said. Forgive me. sir, and let us
start anew" At this she stepped
up TO Brandon and offered him her
hand. which he, dropping to his
knee. kissed most gallantly.
Your hlghness. you can well
afford to offend when you have 30
sweet and gracious a talent for
making amends. A wrong aCkEOwl
edged as some one has said, be
comes an obligation He looked
straight into the girls eyes ~s he
said this. and his gaze was alto.
gether too strong for her, 50 the
lashes fell She flushed and said
with a smile that brought lhe
dimplcs:
Il thank you; that is a real com.
pliment." Then laughingly: "Mucn
better than eXtravagant comments
on ones skin. and eyes, ana hair
We are going to the queen at the
marble landing. Will you walk
with us. sir" And they strollei
away together, while the other
girls followed in a whispering.
laughing group.
Was there ever so glorious
calm after such a storm?
Then those NEUROLOGICAL com.
pl.ments," continued Mary, don
you dislike thcm?"
Il cant say that l have ever
received many-nOne that l re.
call" replied Brandon, with per
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
BY VIM. A. Mckeever.
CRIMINAL WASTE
(lT EARN good money in the
daytime and spend it all at

((T EARN good money in the
daytime and spend it all at
night. My plate at the
cabaret last night set me back
seven dollars and other things in
proportion. During the past ten
years ! have earned as auto sales
man, and above necessary living
expenses, $4,000. but it has all
gone up in SmOke-at night"
Thus a young man, thirty and
single, lamentS to me the profit.
gaCy of the times, eXCusing himself
partly with the statement that
everybody is doing it.
The $4,000, wasted in riotous-
ness by the young man here re-
ferred to, could have been invested
in securities drawing per cent
interest and now amounting to
81 500 per year. With this annuity
a well-trained young man could
marry, settle down, buy a modest
home, rear a family, place $3.50 per
year in a building and loan assoCia-
tion and draw back $4,000 at the
end of twenty years.
Wherefore, our thirty-Near.
prOfliRate has not wasted the
$4,000 net earnings above neCcs-
sary expenses, but he has thrown
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
|IIIIIIIIlllIlIIIIII

port. I work in tailor shop and that
line of work has been very slack this
year and am home part of the time.
/ do not like to take any chances,
so consulted my friends, and one
lady said, Take Lydia Pinkham's
medicine, so l did. have felt bet
ter right along and am in good enough
health to go to work. ] recommend
your Vegetable Compound and San
ative Wash to all. Mrs. MARY En-
RICO, 459 N. Carpenter ST., Chicago.
Often the motheris obliged to sup
port her children and good health is
necessary. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound is just the medi-
cine you can depend upon. 1t is a
medicine for women's ailments and
the relief it brought Mrs. Enrico it
nay bring to you.
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
The Loose Spender
MONEY AND MORALS

away an annual income for the
future big enough to maintain a
family of five. still worse for him.
self. the loose spendcr is now
helpless victim Of the habits CON
tributing to protligacY and con.
f"sscs that h" is powcrlcss TO break
them.
SO it is with youth everywhere.
In the course of many extensive
trips across the country | find a
common and almost a criminal
waste of money and morals on the
part of the majority of the class.
When / desire to make test of
the integrity and of the future
worth of young man, do not ask
for showing of the salary or the
class of his business employment,
but a showing of his night life.
How and where does he spend the
time from p. m. to midnight?
The profligate young night
squundrror is already a lost soul
and nothing short of Divine grace
probably suffice to snatch him out
of the consuming fire into which
he has fallen. lie has aCsuired Ger.
tain social companions who arc
tied up with him in the midnight
dissipations and from whom he
cannot break away. However, I
suggest tho following rather dCs-
pcrate measures:
Pull out for another city and
start anew, business and all, among
strangers. Begin at once, and
with sCrupulOus care, a Conserva.
tive social program. Divide the
week, allOting to each interest its
deserved share of the evening and
holiday hours.
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
BY Charles Major.

VTOU may be sure this sort-Of
treatment was such as the
IL CoOl-headcd, daring Brandon
would repay with usury; so, turn
ing upon his heel and almost
presenting his back to Mary, he
spoke to Lady Jane:
will your ladyship say to her
highness that her majesty, the
queen, awaits her coming at the
marble landing?"
NO need to repeat the message,
Jane" cried Mary. "I have ears
and can hear for myself" Then,
turning to Brandon: "If your in
science will permit you to receive a
message from so insignificant a
person as the kings sister, beg
you to say to the queen that
shall be with her presently"
He did not turn his face toward
Mary, hut bowed again to Jane.
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
THE STORY so FAR.

The story opens with an aC-
count of the bravery of Charles
Brandon. told by Edwin Caskoden.
who holds a place at the court OF
Henry VIII. Brandon is much
talked about for his herOism in
avenging the death Of his father
and brother He appears as a
stranger at a tourney at WeStmin-
ster, entering the lists with others.
Princess Mary Tudor, the beauli-
ful sister of the king. is interested
and tries to learn his name. Cas-
kOden meets Brandon in London
and learns to admire him. lie is
made a captain of the guard and
sent by the queen to summon the
princess. He comes 10 group
and asks which is she. Mary is
Indignant that he does not know
her. rebukes him, hut later relents
and apologies. Brandon gives
her his ideas of right and wrong.
This famous story has been
created into a superlative photo.
play by Cosmopolitan PrOduc-
ti0ns, direction Of Robert G.
NignOla. Ii will be released as a
Paramount picture.
The Washington times., 1922-10-03


moving" said GRANDPA
Brown one day, for folks
keep on improving upon the an
Ciont way. Once travellers grew
weary and never wore a smile,
for. oh. the trip was droary when
UX-carts were in style. When dis
tant spots were luring, the going
took an age, all wanderlust soon
curing when riding in a stage.
Today. if going inland or sailing
o'Cr the sea, short trips from
here to Finland don't ever worry
me. Into my airship hopping,
ride 200 miles to do ittlc
shOpping or view tn" latest
styles. I used to sit politely and
hear Sal SCOgGins sing; now radio
concerts nightly can make the
welkin ring Yes" Grandpa said.
IT'S splendid; these changes all
are fine. Here's hoping life's
not ended until I'm ninrty-nine.
like new-fangled notions, they
suit me to a T; this talking
across oceans, this sailing under
sea. But sometimes where I'm
sitting above the City's hum, n
million sounds are fitting.
million voices come. 7 hear the
motors purring as endlcssly they
spin, hear the engines whirring.
l hear the subway's din. And all
at once I'm lonely for sounds I
do not hear; I want the Cow.bells
only to soothe my listening ear
The Washington times., 1922-10-03

Brandon. so she was prepared with
full information. and gave 1t. She
told the princess who he was; Of
his terrible duel with Judson; his
bravery and adventures in the
wars, has generous gift to his
brother and sisters, and lastly. "Sir
Edwin SLY, he is the best read man
in the court, and the hravest,
truest heart in Christendom.
After James account OF Brandon
they all started by roundabout
way for the marble landing. In
The Washington times., 1922-10-03
The Stranger ey sYos%e" S%a"
A STORY OF MYSTERY. LURE, AND INTRIGUE

shell is. | understand, difficult TO
identify. Some other victim OF the
hoChe, | suppose, lies in the Ar
gOnne under wooden cross,
marked with our former comrades
nom de gucrrC. He is not the only
one: it Is a thing that constantly
happened during that extremely
stupid war.
What became OF Jim, we can
only guess. Perhaps he got away
perhaps he was taken prisoner
by the enemy and afterward es-
capped. Slim Jim alone can tell US
exactly what happened. and con-
fess l am not interested-the only
thing that matters is that he is
alive and in our midst. Nothing
could have been more fortunate for
him than to be officially dead and
struck from the records of the
police.
But what follows? Never can
he dare declare himself, whatever
bcfall' His neck. his life. is forfeit
TO the law, for any one OF us-and
particularly Slaney-can instantly
connect him with Slim Jim Carey.
The sequel will be an arrest, trial.
and hanging, as surely as night
follows day"
Mr.. Bell nodded.
Therefore, he cannot denounce
us. And doubly he cannot now
make himself known, for his
daughters sake. Neither can we
denounce him, for we should all 60
down together. Hence" said Mr..
Callaghan, spreading out his white
hands, "a deadlock"
Sure enough" said Vaille, but
What. then, can he do?" pur.
sued Callaghan. Execute a per.
sonal vengeance on some OF us. as
he threatened? But where, now,
is the motive? He believes, you
sec. that he has defeated us-in
robbing us of those documents he
has drawn our teeth and rendered
us impotent. In a sense that is
true. Consequently he is likely to
let us alone, for the present"
Callaghan rose from his chair.
Therefore, my friends" he said
softly, now, while he is off his
guard as far as we are concerned,
and lying lows the time for us
to strike at him. He tapped
Vaille gently on the shoulder. "Al.
ready have set matters in motion
for the removal OF Jim Carey.
And this time there will be no
resurrection for him. Trust me for
that One of Mr.. Callsghan's
rare smiles exposed his sharp eye.
teeth II think you will find we
are no longer in danger from Slim
Jim"
To BE Continued Tomorrow