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Have You Regi IONIA. : Weather: w air and Colde? I Local Cotton 161-2 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 30. GASTON I A, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 4, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GAS DAILY GAZETTE Arms" Conference Nears End; Adopt Root Treaty Providing v For An Open Door In China (By The Associated Press.) I range-men t or understanding, either with WASHINGTON", Feb. 4. The arms' one another, or individually or colhrt confercne moved swiftly toward its ively. witli any power or powers, which closo today with a siith plenary session would infringe or impair the principles ot which were formally announced the ! stated 111 Article 1 . Far Eastern treaty, restating the policy ''ArtieleU: .1... .. nflli-minw nnn' tlu I "With ,'1 V1CW to applying HIOIV ct- territorial integrity of the old Celectial nation-the dream of her people since h ..nmrrnii.. encroachments bv foreien powers 'began year ago. The new treaty lor revising me v.i in- Chin-1 cse tariff also wan presented and the wny was ciearou ror aiiuiuer anu unai plenary session Monday, when President j rL 7ul' " ;. iV' iTs" A molution was unanimously adopted which !w designed to provide procedure r :.,.. ti... .:!. ... XOr UCIUlIlK Willi 14111-01.101. inui ii.ifc.ii, . ..!.. lit. ..... ' lifle 'in connection with the execution of provisions of articles of the Chinese gen eral treaty relating to the open door poliey unci eonduet of the Chinese rail way. It provides that a board of refer ence -be established in China to which; any questions arising might be referred for investigation and report. It also stipulated that the special conference provided for in the treaty relating to Chinese customs tarift shall formulate for approval of the powers concerned a detailed plan for the execution of tho board. Assent of all powers al.o was given to the resolution declaring " 'he t China that she will not alienate any part of her territory. Senator I'uncrwood u;n asked by Chairman Hughes to discuss provisions of the Chine' t:iriff treaty. The Sena tor said it- might si em sin anomaly to some that the conference, after recogniz ing the territorial integrity of China, bhould engage in a compa t on a domes tie, queaticn und that it might lead to a niisuiulertaiiding. if no explanation , wiro offered. JVIegate to the confer ence, Senator Underwood said, under stand fully why the various powers rep resented have agreed with China on the udoption of a treuty relating to customs. lIn the Vt'th century treaties ceased to be compacts between powers,'' Sena tor Underwood suid. "If they are to live they must constitute understanding v bet ween the reople. In considering tho Chinese tarift treaty, Senator Under wood said' if was "well to bear in mind the Wickground of event that placed control of Chinese customs so largely in the hands of foreign powers." "I inny say,'' Senator Underwood continued, "that the present system has given very great nytisfaction in its ef iieieucy and in its 'fairness to all .con cerned. In the negofiation of this treaty there was general and universal senti ment nriund the table tint on account of the disturbed conditions iu China, unset tled governmental eoiiditious, that it was desirable, if ajreeable to China, that; flier.- jdiould be no distil. -bailee at thi time of the present customs system. Senator Underwood then read the statement to the Far K;tern committee of Minister Koa, on bell alt of Chinn. de claring that the Chinese (iovernmeiit had no desire to disturb the present ;id ministrativo system. "Speaking oa'y for inrsulf," Senator Underwood continued, "ami desiring that in the not distant future China may have the opportunity when there is a parliamentary government established in China representing her people, to ex ereiso full administrative functions. I hope the day nuiv come in the not far distant future when Chin4 may regulate her own customs tariff. Hut for the presi'iit on account of the disturbed eon ditions it is manifest that there must be an understanding between China and the other mitions. This agreement meets the approbation of the representatives of the Chinese Government."' The audience applauded loudly. WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. Following . a .. . i. i..: -.1... 1stho nrart or tne ireaiy einoooyui me Koot four points tor the integrity oi China and the open door: "The United Htates of America, T.el gium, the Hritish Empire, China, Italy, France, Japan, The Netherlands, a n d Vnrtmjal "Desiring to adopt, a policy designed; to stabilize conditions in the Far Kast. j to safeguard-thc rights and intere ts of j ; China, and to promote intercourse be- j tween China, and. the other powers upon , . the basis of equality of opportunity 5 : "Have resolved to .conclude a treaty. for that purpose and 1o that emi nave npitointed as their respective plenipoten tiaries: . .Here follow the names of the pleni potentiaries.) 'Who, having communicated tj cacn other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as fol lows ; "Article I. "The contractu powers, other tlie.n China, agree; . "(t) To nssst the sovereignty, the ; 'independence and the territorial and ad ministrative Integrity of Chiiiii : '(2)-To provide the rudest and most uueinbarrascd opportunity to China in leveloi) and maintain for herself an effective and stable Government; tfi T nw. their influence for the ,..,.... f fTrttuailv establishing and maintaining the principle of equal opportunity for the commerce and indus try of nd'nations throughout the terri tory of China; (i) To refrain from taKing "" vantage of conditions in tMiina 111 ."'""' ; to meek S)etial rigUts ot pringis """" would abridge the rigms 01 uijtis v. riti.ens of friendly states, nnd from countenancing action iuimical to the so- fiirity of sin-U states; 'Article "The contracting powers agree not to cuter, into any treaty, agreement, ar-1 finally the principle of the open door or equality of opportunity in China for , me "- inuumry the trade and industry of U natious, the contracting lMiwers, other than Chi na, airree that thev will not seek, nor . Te&l,Ci.tixv ,-atioii iu seek- support tli.'ir respective nation i:i ing, "(A) ur.;, : :riiiigeineiit which might PuriH.rt to ostnbli h in favor of their in- l,h, '"""'V m tor. 7' "," ,f .development in any designated reg.onof cmna ; V(H) any bucIi monopoly or prefer ence as would deoiive the nations of any other power of the right of undertaking; any legitimate trade or industry in China, or of participating with Mho Chinese Government, or with any local authority, in any category of public en terprise, or which by reason of its scope, durinutU or geographical extent is cal culated to frustrate the practical appli-1 cation of the principle of equal oppor- j tunity. "It is understood that the foregoing' stipulations of this article are not to be so construed as to prohibit the acquisi tion of such properties or rights as may be neceifsary to the- conduct of a parti cular commercial, industrial, or financial undertaking or to the encouragement of invention and research. "China undertakes to be guided by the principles stated in the foregoing stipulations of this article in dealing with applications for economic rights and privileges from Governments and na tionals of nil foreign countries, whether j parties to the present treaty, or not. j "Article 4. ' j '"The contracting powers agree not io support, any agreements by their respec tive nationals with each other designed to create spheres of influence or to pro-j vide for the enjoyment of mutually ex-j elusive opportunities in designated parts ol Chinese territory. "Article j "China agrees, that, throughout t he l whole of the railways in China, she will not exercise or permit mil air discrimi nations of any kind. In particular there shall be nn discrimination whatever, di rect or indirect, in respect of charges or of facilities on the ground of the na-1 tiouality of passengers or the countries) from which or to which fhey are proceed ing, or to the origin of ownership of j goods) or the couutry from which or to i which they are consigned, or the nation-! ality or ownership of the ship or other! means of conveying such passengers, or I goods before or after their transport on ' the Chinese railways. ' 1 "HELL MD IMRIA" DAWES PROVES KiS NAME I Pounds Some Hard Facts Into ! Officials' Heads Brandish-! ing Broom in Each Hand, Pacini? Platform and Stamp- j ing, He Speaks. (Hv The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. :!. Brandish ing a broom in eith'r hand, striding rap idly fn.in one end of the platform to the other" ami stamping his feet until the echoes rang in the D. A. K. hall where the arms conference meets in dignified conference. Char'es G. Dawes, directo. of the budget, brought home to more than a thousand officials a: sembled to day in the second business Meeting of the government the appropriateness of his "hell and mnria " nickname. For more than half a hour he poured forth criticism and praise alike oil officials of high and low degree. Stopping suddenly in tic midst of a citation of instances of lack of co opcaH -tion by governmental department') with budget bureau coordinators, .which in stances he dc;cribed as "fly specks" 1..1 the bureau's record of accomplishment, Mr. Dawes suddenly shouted: "Where are those brooms?" Three brooms were produced from un der a table by an assistant. "There." the budget director a i claimed, pounding the lloor w ith the ban (die of one of the brooms, "is your I broom that moots navy- specifications. ; And here are brooms that don't meet ' those ; pecifications but sweep just as I well. The- navy liought IS.dOO of its '; siecili.'ation brooms when it could have j had IJ.Vl.ftOO army brooms for nothing. ' ' j The budget director went on to say it ! ; f ook a mouth's persuasion to m.ike''the j marine' corps adopt a slight change in I color in order to use KMi.iino army shirts! l and stvo 'J4,OOP.- He told Secretary I j Denby, however, the record of the leivy j t for co-operation with the bureau was the, I licst of the departments. ! As an instance of co-operation in the j treasury', he declared that when it was j found there were IS different purchasing , agencies 111 that department, tnoir co-or-I diu.-tf ion was effected without delay. I "Secretary Mellon is a business 1 man," he added. " His fur didn 't .go up or his back arch when my co-ordiua- tors came 111." lA'lffiHtOC ttll'l CCll!llc .lllii the government "determine how the if.ii) Kails", but the budget bureau " deter-; liiiiiea how far he sails," Mr. Dawes tsaid at, another )oint, and added "If Congress should decide that garb age should be spread on the 'White House' steps much as we love the President it nntll.t Iw. ftf, till, liililcAt t.lirtntl ttl All I '.vise how the larsrett amount of garbage 1 tould be sjrcad in the most ceououiic 1 maimer. " ; . ' THIS MOTHER WALKED FROM IOWA TO PLEAD FOR SON WITH THE PRESIDENT ""TK"! r. - ' 1 'AyL'T- i. ' r . v xr,. .. i . .' at . Mother love buoyed up Mrs. Margar-1 et Anderson as she walked most of the ! way from Sioux City, Iowa, to Washing- ' ton. Her son Joe, 21 years old, is said to be dying ot tuberculosis in Leaven- j worth prison. Joe ran a way from home and enlisted in Co. K, 139th In fantry, 39th Division. In the Argonne, : I he and others of his outfit were caught I in their own barrage and gassed. Af i tet returning from abroad he re-enlisted j and while on furlough overstayed his jleave. He re-enlisted under an assum ed name. - His idenity became known, he was court-martialed and sent to Leav enworth for two year3. Joe at one time was a newsboy for The Marion, Ohio, Star, the president's newspaper. BALLOTING FOR POPE'S SUCCESSOR CONTINUES Outside Populace Knows Only by Color of Smoke Arising From Burning of Ballots Re sult of Election Vatican Officials Give Out no News. ROM 11. Feb.. A. Halloaing- oy the conclave of the Hnered College was to ! rewumed today, the initial voting yester day having failed to" indicate the succes sor to the late I'opo Henediet. Doubt as to the color of tho smoke signals from the chimney of the fcistiue chapel in the morning caused s.imo con fusion, but (he cageruesM with which the throngs assembled before It. I'eter's was evidence that the populace would not have been surprised ut an election on tin- first ballot. Insufficient ton, it seems,! i wus mixed with the straw in which the I ballots Mere burned, this resulting in I light pttiokc, the sign of election. : Discretion- prevail inside and outside i the Vatican, and 110 inkling aside from 1 the smoke puffs, may be gathered as to the activities of the conclave. Kl MuuJj, under the heading "The First Indiscretion," is the only news paper venturing to publish a purported I result of what the conclave accomplish led in its first day's sitting. ! This account says that Cardinal (.as I parri and Cardinal boual.li, archbishop I of Palermo, were leading en the first bal ' lot, with Cardinals I.afolitaine and I.aur I enti next, there being scattered votes' for j Cardinals Ascaliesi, Lega, Ifatti and Tac 1 ci-Porcclli. AM are Italian members of I the Sai red College. Tile second ballot, according to the newspaper, was virtually unchanged, while the last vote gne a strong ma jority for Cardinal MUtranpelo, arch bishop if Florence, many v. te. being lo.-rf to Gnspnrri and La font a inc. Vatican officials w ho, nit hough not at tending the conclave, are reputed to be best, informed, say all -this is'spcculatinn. The officials, however, are unable to say whether four ballots are being taken daily, or merely two. TIMES SQUARE SCENE OF DAYLIGHT HOLDUP. Crowd Pursues Two Med Who Attempt ed to Take $1,000 Payroll Money from Girl. NEW VOliK, Feb. .1. Screams of a young woman, the s-uttering of money over the fidewalk, cries of "stop thief," ,iii the sight of a crowd in pursuit of iwo hold tip men stirred pedestrians in Time) Square this afternoon. Ijinra Latin, 'J(J, was cmrying 1.000 pnyro'l money from a bank to the office where s'le worked when she felt two men fudging at the case containing the cash. They tore open file ens", notes spread over the payment, and the crowd chas d them as they ran. A policeman caught John Mills, 17. The second man esca ped . Most of the money was recovered. SOUTHERN IRELAND STANDS FOR SELF DETERMINATION IH"HI,1X. Feb. 4. Southern Ireland stands for si If-determination of those sections involved in the dispute .over Ulster's boundary. This was made clear by Arthur Griffith. President of the D.iil Ki.-.'ann. in an interview in which he fully upheld the attitude of Michael Collins, head of the provisional j Government, in his recent conference i i. 1 , r : 1-1 . u. - r ,n,.m, in n.s rereni comerence AuauiM 111.11 rati or c isier wnieu . ..... . , votes itself out of the free state we shall not use force, ninU against that partj which votes itself theteinto we shall noti permit, unchallenged, force to be used,'! Mr. Griffith declared. Mr.- Coliins represent tho unanimous nttitn.l,, Af 1 1, n,nt-iat.u..il an.t 11...I n,in. istrv. Wf want not onlv ncacp. but. b'rolherhol with our at present sident eountrymeu," dig. REPUBLICAN M0H6 DAILY PAPER PROPOSED FOR GITY OF RALEIGH Promoters Would Move Dur ham Sun to Capital City to Combat News and Observer, Greensboro Daily News Charlotte Observer School Superintenden Want to Cut Overhead Ei penses. j ( Hy W. T. Host) HALKKUl, Feb. City suiter:! tendetits attending the cuaft renee he today witii Niioniitendei;t K. V I Brooks were generally iu rapport v.itk litis plain for rutting overhead expi us. lairfl getting more teaching into the fys tern . I The superintendent iel. hissed the su i periiiteudents nho wen' lu re from even jpltii of the stale. As i lliisi n.t iug the cost of teaching he employed one county I which has been pacing its teachers $)' !a month. The per capita cost of that I county has been JO cents daily. Aaoth I er county (or it may b" a school ) lias I been paying the teacher .f7ii month anil teaching lor II i-ents a dev. Some schools were cited which have b 'i it teach ing on a basis of 1.5 in a room, others iicnr it have had -li, twice as many. The reduction in the cost of teaching ther" would be immerse, nearly half. '1 be su perintendent knowing how far -vm htng this policy will be has reduced it to writ ing nnd Mill nsk the papeis to publish it. The question of tuition came up, too. It. is the knottiest of the Htiperluteii ! cuts' i sues. Kvery pioneer has a : welcomed an opportunity to go up a i gainst it either has hit it a blow like tin I to the billy goat and retreated, or else I busted his ITrains out with continued batering. Nobody has solved it. There is a proximate solution iu Wil j san ami New Hanover counties, the tirst 'with a county and city superintendent combined, but two boards of educatiev. I to wrestle always. Superintendent Coon. who wasn't born for mn bus adordiip to the Court of St. James, nevertheless, ! has been able to work with both boards. New Hanover has one county and city j superintendent and one board of educa tion. And when one man s jurisdiction is county-wide with no local districts and bailiwicks to hamper, the woik in im mensely simplified. Rut the county 1 unit system moans radical changes and 1 the (oiks ure hard to anticipate. Kernp I ping the nystcni is dangerous. Vet, the quest iou of tuition lwcnus;' of nun resi ilcilie iu a district, everlastingly w.ir ;CM. The country children brougt to i. m for school advantages, yet resident i, ' e country, make an eternal issue. Ai. ' ryboily admit i their right to in st nil tii. i. . Touching : he referendum on t,h date for the teachers' assembly, it was said today that the opposition to Thanks giving as convention week has In come formidable ami that nearly all the bal lots thus far counted 1 in vi spoki the 1 11 for a popular change, October being mouth . Most of those speaking today distinct ly opposeil changing the date from Thanksgiving and reaction enough to i-ave the old date may result. I Republican Morning Daily. I ftepubliea 11 and Democratic inter, -st ii. .1 ltepubiican morning daily soon to enmc i out from Durham has needed only a pub 1 lishers ' announcement to heighten it and I that formal statement is expected anv :.lay. The Durham Sun will enter the morn 'ing field, according to news drifting here from the Bull town. The Sun is now Republican and has bei 11 so several years though it often has suffered by the band .of its own party when western Kepubli dtlis were announcing that in Asheville the "only lfepublicnn daily in tie .state" was printed up then. If 1 he plans of President V. W . Weaver carry', I the afternoon patcr will iss ie 1110 ruing, noon and evening editions and lei. k ev i erything in sight . It will seek to cnonterac The News and Observer's influence in the east ly going to the Democratic daily's teriito ;ryou the same train. It hopes to match The Greensboro Daily Nius in the wist and evidently to off-et the . aurt organ. The Charlotte Observer, on th" far 1 southwest . The Sun would be glad to 'play as party organ, the sweet tunes of the administration, so lieptibli.-ans visit ing 111 Kalcigh say. J lie Democracy lias 1 two oiitsken party music -makers, at- . I licit, the notes of The News and Observ 1 or often do not sound entirely in harmo i ny with tho e of The Charlotte Observer, i Orthodox Republicans do not hesitate to cast their choice of opposition or , gaits with The News and Observer. : They credit Editor Daniels with iininiti ; : gated pnrtianship, utter abhnrreiici- of ! all independence, undiluted belief in the ; principles of his party. Tiny remember j i the emancipation of The Charlotte Ob server back iu the late days of the old j century, its campaign against Woodrow 1 Wilson iul'Jl, and its present strident j protestation of regularity. The pro-1 ! meters of the mi- uing daily undoubted j : iy have political psychology. T h c y; ;wnuld like to imade the territory of a . i pnicr which is determined to. know noth- I ing but Dimiiis racy ami it deified, and I likewise the organ which is stimnnuled J by and cnunum-d of everything hostile! to Democracy, yet shouts so loudly as j temitorarily to silence the beautiful bar ' inuuies playid by the organ, the aa cient of days. This is the "psychology" of the veut ; ure us handed to The Daily News bu- ; Uut psychology is neither money i IU JVIi. UII'IU. 1 1 v ...ui. . .. w . r fl. . than the flat finance to make it go either , ' ' , T U C III L I T U C D IIIL lltAlllLli ..M ....... terwi fair with temperature near nor 5 mal . . . Nortli Carolina, -fair tonight, wanner) jjoirh Atlantic and hist Gulf States: in extreme west portion; Sunday unset-: .,; a, ,). begiuing of the week, and tied, probaoly rain in west and central Iportiooa, , MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF TAYLOR; SUSPICION DIRECTED TO YOUNG ACTRESS Dserver, y I! cS57Mi!G PEOPLE FROM QUE enden w,tt ftivc nnnn nnwncDT WLUI UIJL LUUU UUilULIll Collegians From Erskine and Woman's College Delight Large Audience With Musi cal Concert and Operetta "Dode" Phillips, Football Star, Appears Before t h l? :. L i- d i: Church. ', I fsted. nts of Fiskine t'ollegS and the, Woman '.- ( nil.'e nt line West gave an j eii.joxaiile i-oiici rt at the Central wlnnd j , ii i 1 i t . i- 1 1 1 1 l-'rlday evening. , A Jiaeked , 1 l.ous ',i'i i ' . ; .. ii'llegiiins who were : . pie.-iit. d l.y Mode" J'hillips, the Kn liiia Tod. f 'mi ball phenomenon iu a shell preliminary sieeell. Truth to tell, many iu the audience wei'" attracted .y the presence of 1'hil li s. A man who has been talked about as mil. -h as he has ill Hiitithern collegiate fool ball circles will draw a crowd of ei' n and boys cuvHlii re. Phillips pre- la-en ins reinsrus with an earnest iu junction to the Gastoiiia falkx to go out Hint regi t. r fpr the tubercular hospital, lie then expressed the appreciation of j the members of the club and orchestra for the I i vr crowd out for the onccrt and for the entertainment given them 1 while in ;he city . I Phillips i. a tine specimen of man 'I. nod. He is not extraordinarily big, but ' it is said that he would have been a star 1 on any college football team ii! the I South. lie is compactly built, heavy , ami stocky, has a line pair of shoulders Mel a sturdy set of undcrpinninga . : K'" The concert that followed was a I rep re eolation of college music, oeal mid orchestral. Misses Helle Dale nml '.Margaiit Phillips as renders were above i the average. '1 he second putt of the ev Idling's program was an operetta, "The ihgyptian Princess, in which ic and musical effects wt, re After the concert a reception the seen brilliant, was ten First A ilcred the young people nt.the it. P. church. The officers of the Glee Club are: Ber- Ilia Ashnorth, president; Mary laud, vice-prc. ident ; Kdith Tod Siither , secre- tan; Sara Plaxco Jiialiely, inanag'T; 1 treasurer; Inez, ula Mae Diiljng ham, aceoinpiiiiisl . Sopranos: llva I'ratt, Isabel Mary l.'o.-.s, Katherine Galloway, Sutherland , lt.il. , Ma iy Wilson, I'.iilbl's, Mezzos: I'ltniua Jv'eid, 1' Ilarriette Kdwanls, Margar hell, Hale. ay e et ' Altos: ; h, Sara I Mo Halt. ' ;iery . Bern liac Mabel 1 .ij'nwnrtli, Inez Hlake- cola Johnson,- Mary Browiilee, Beinice Tan Oldie est r.-i Miss Ciiiful, conductor. Raymond Casoit, Janet Me M.(jue. i, Mabel Ilrnw nlee, Jr., Mabel Gibson, Bertha in'l nn : . gill. Ola in la .1. C. Ib id, A-l. worth, liere.ee Tannery, Martha Hi' ki B. . Wakefieiil.' Violoncello : Inez Blakely, Floia Harper, Kinum Reel. 1 .a sses : Clarinet ' 'or 11 t : u.v. T. K. Piano: Lolls: I rums : iips. Julius Dale, James Dale. : J. A. Page, Jr P . 1 i . Sherei , (i A Autho Wllitesides. Kola Mjc Diliinghuin , Yi oln Johnson. Belie Dale, Margaret Phil 1, 22 HEW CASES OF ! INFLUENZA IN A DAY. I (By 'J no .uiotlaif l Vresa.) NEW YORK, Feb. .;. -Inrliiena ia- en continued tit ij.read today and re ports r.-cei.ed at 1l.e health department -tonig.it indicate. I, Commissioner C i land said, 1hat n new high record for vear would be reached in 1he .'1 hour ape : le re port to be made tomorrow. There were l.Iu'Ll new case of intlueii 1 .a and L'lUi new cases of pneumonia re I port' d this morning as compared with , 1,0.11! inline. i.a and 1st! pneumonia cases reported yesterday. There wire l". I deaths from ii.flueu.a and 7' from pneu monia, listed in today's report, j If a steady increase of ca'cs is Hotel oer the week end. the eommi'-sioner de clared that the "staggering system" of travel, iiiaiigiirati d in tire liMVlitlO epi .domic, would be re established . By this .system the opening and closing hours of , department stores, (.(Vices and factories and other 1 stablihineut are 'changed so as to avoid the usual crowding oil .the : subwavs, elevated and surface ear lines. ARMS CONFERENCE WILL ADJOURN MONDAY (Bv The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Exactly twehe weeki from the day it met. tne Wadiin.ntoii I roifi retico (.11 limitation of armament and Far Fast era question was called iu plenary session today to make the liual entry on its record of accom plishments and then hear an appraisal of these iu farewell address's by the chief delegates of the participating powers. RAIN FIRST OF WEEK IS WEATHER FORECAST, ft?-.' The Associated Prcs-s. ) WASHINGTON, Kib. 4. Weather predict bius fur the week Is-giiming Mon day arc: .Middle Atlantic States: Kains over siiitjheri! and snows or rains over north ern srt'miis a the b -giiiiiing of the ms-k, and 0:1 Friday or Saturday; oth- 'i.'i Fri.lav- or Satntday. (,iherr.jse (fair, with nwoiul temperatures. TayIor8 Real Name Is - Revenge With Jealousy Said to Be Motive For Crime - Murdered Man Had Varied and Checkered Career in Klondyke, New York and Chicago. (By The Associated J'resa.1 UifS AXGKLKS, Calif., Feb. . Mystery Hiirroinulinir the shootimr to i death in his Hollywood homo of William j Desmond Taylor, motion picture director,, whose true name, it is alleged, was Wil- i ham Deane laiiiur, remained unsolved today. Police working on the case since the body was found Thursday morning claimed, however, they possessed a mini, i her of possible clews, and that suspicion was directed chiefly toward a ioung mo- ' tion picture actress whose name they J withheld, and, through her, toward tin-' other film director, likewise unnamed by I them. Revenge, with jealousy as the proba ble direct cause, was confirmed iu the minds of some detectives, they said, as Ihe motive for the killing. The closer the dead director's life was scrutinized, the ili-tcctivcx Raid, the more they were led to adhere to their original theory. The latest motion picture actress to be drawn into the investigation, said at -1 in- time to have been intimately ip.socia ted with Taylor, was said to be out of the city, but the police gave no intima tion as to the whereabouts of the direc tor, whoes name was linked with hers in the stories told the detectives by a 'lum ber of persons at an iniiiiry extending over several hours. While keen efforts were being made bv ' the officers to locate the actress and the 'director, it was understood the luted an gle to the investigation would not cause them to relax their search for Kdwafd F. Sands, Taylor's former butler. Their review of Taylor's friendships and activities was said to have brouglit the police into close nciiiiaintniice with his companionship with a number of pic tore actresw s, including, among the most . mg his atisence trom prominent, Mabel Normnnd, Mary Milcithis stage experience. Mintcr and Claire Windsor., j Miss Normuml is said to have admit ted, as diil Neva Gerber, another film actress, that Taylor once had been en gaged to her, while Miss Minter also is said to have enjoyed the director's close friendship at one time.. It was only- a week before his death, however, accord ing to Miss Windsor's mother, that the latter took her first automobile ride ainl dinner with Taylor. The police plan to interview Miss Windsor as they have the oiler actresses, iu their search for pos sible clues, as noon as she returns from a trip into 1he cnuatry, where she is said to be "on location" with Marshall Neil an. director. Tin- statement that Taylor's name realiy was William Deane Turner, ami not Willi'int Desmond Taylor, came from a woman calling herself Mrs. , Ada Deane-Turner, of Monrovia, near here, who also described herself as the de serted wife of Dennis Deane-Tanner, the director Vs. brother. She said the director had given her 1111 allowance of "id 11 month for the last six years, during which period she had :een him only once, however. Mrs. Dane-Turin r has two children. She larei I their father. Dennis Deane Tanmr, an interior decorator, deserted her after the birth of the younger. Mu riel, now l't years old. Her maiden name was Breiman. she added. Neva Giiber, film actress, who said she once bad been engaged to marry 1 William Desmond Taylor, slain motion picture director, said the engagement had been broken off because they "both believed it an uusuitnble match. " have never known a finer, better man than Mr. Taylor," said Miss Ger ber. "He was the soul of honor. "So far as 1 knrtw he did not hac an enemy in the world, although he men tioned casually the fights he had on his various trips to the Klondike. "He often spoke of his mother, then in London, and his little daughter. He always termed the latter a 'child' and was planning to bring her to Los Angeles. It was my understanding his former wife was living iu New York. I always assumed he was divorced, for had he not been, he would not, I believe, have asked mi' to marry him. " At variance with the opinion of others was the belief expressed today by Maiy 'Miles Minter that Taylor had not been .married, and had no daughtir. However, official search of Taylor's safety deposit box in a bank here, dis closed a letter to him from the daughter, i Ethel Daisy Taylor, postmarked ut Ma ' moreun k. N . Y . The public administrator also stated he had found her exact address in Tay lor's apartments, but was keeping it from the press at the girl's request. This was lontaiio'd in a telegram re ceived here today from the girl in an swer to oil)' from him. It is believed that the director's e,. - tire estate, valued at approximately tj". 00, as revealed by a search of the de posit box, will go to the daughter. The box also contained jewelry believed- to be worth about tl.-'ibb. The coroner ltegaii a search for Tay lor's former wife, which, it was said, might lead to England. Among reports given to the polire was one that recently Taylor. 'solely for ; lie puriK.se or oo.a uiug - aimospnerc had attended wiuir nicy uesenoen as woj - or llirce -nop lunies, wuere an iiu ue had either smoked opium or taken a( i In giving publicity to this latter re-, port, The Los Angeles Examiner de-; -dared 'MIh iossibilit- that the begin-1 ' uiug of a tragedy had its setting at one ' Said to Be Deane-Tanner of tie' e proscribed considered. affairs'' was being : HAD CHECKERED CAREER. (Hy Tho Associated Presa.) CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Chapter in the life of William Dcsniouil Taylor, motion picture director, who was main in Los Angeles Wednesday night, were describ ed here today by friends who aid they knew him well. Prior to IDu.s, as William Deane Tan ner, an art. connoisseur, Taylor uras manager for a prominent New York firm of art and antique furniture dealers, nnd had a wide circle of friends, it was said. ' In ll'ol, he secretly married Miss Kthel .May Harrison, ji member of th original Florodora company nml they had a child, Kthel, n.tw 14 years of age, according to Chicago friends. In PJ08, he suddenly disappeared in mysterious fashion and his1 wife was unable to give any clue to his whereabouts or to assign any reason for his net ions, nnd several years later obtained a divorce and since has niairied a prominent Xew York mer-, hant, according to thin source. ' '- About two years later Tanner sur prised several old acquaintances by cull ing at their homes in ,ns Angeles, ami is reported to have said he had been fhanghaied at night in Lower Broadway, New York, and taken aboard a sailing vessel bound tiro und Capo Horn. 1 In ID 10 he left Los Angeles and it was assumed he was going to British Columbia to resume railroad work. Ho had not been successful in the former city. He returned to Los Angeles altout IPl.'J and soon obtained a position with ' a motion picture concern at Long Beach, . To friends lie explained that lie had played in theatrical stock companies dur- Los Angeles and they believe, was the foundation of his success in tho nio-' I inn pict ure Held. , Fur a year or more hp was connected with the Balboa Film Company in Long Beach and advanced to a directorship in important companies in Hollywood. His life since then, -with his advancement to the forefront as a director, is a matter of screen liitdory. i TRUE NAME OF TAYLOR WAS DEANE TANNER 1 (By Thu Associated Press.) , I LOS ANGKI.KK, CALIF.. Feb. 4. y 1 The true name of the .motion picture di-' I rector who was known as William Dcs- 111011, 1 Taylor, and who wait found slain in his apartments here Tuesday morning, was William Dcme Tanner, according to ,1 story the Irfts Angeles Times is pub " fishing ihis morning. . j j. That statement together with ono that ; Taylor had been twice married, was said 1 by The Timc.i to have been obtained Ott Monrovia, about 'JO miles from Los An i ! gelcs, from a woman known as Mrs. Ada 5 Deane 'Tanner, who described herself , as the "deserted wife" of Taylor's broth- HUB WILL HEAR NOTED BUSINESS SPEAKER , At the next regular luncheon meet ing IX i f th" (lastonla Kiwanis Club, of which Mr. D. M. .ioius is president, the niteuk i r wiil bo Mr. 11. L. Morrill, of thn Alexander Hamilton Institute, of Jvcw' York city. Mr. Morrill's subject will , be "The ?oul Of Business." He is is widely known as a speaker with an in spiring message, und it is hoped that all members wiil make it a point to be pres ent to hear him. The liour of meeting la 1J:2t Tuesday noon in the First Baptist Annex-. Committee in charge of the meeting consist of "Doe" T. A. Wi'kirif), John G. Carpenter and Cantcv Johnson. 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Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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