THURSDAY
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MOV IK INTERESTS TRY TO
DIVERT INVESTIGATION
Los Angeles, Feb 8th—Powerful
influences controlling the motion
picture world are endeavoring to
direct the inquiry into the death of
William Desmond Taylor, into cer
tain lines This influence fears dis
closures of an unsavory nature and
will attempt to have the authorit:-?
confine themselves to less impotent
matters, for it is known that if un
hampered investigations he allowed
to proceed, extreme measures might
be taken with the Movie colony. Of
fleers employed on the case are re
sponsible for this statement being
made public.
FOREIGN DEBT REFUNDING
HILL SIGNED BY HARDING
Washington, Feb. 9th—President
Harding today signed the foreign
Debt Refunding Bill. This bill is
for the refunding of eleven billion
dollars of the foreign debt into secur- J
ities which will mature in 26 years'
and was passed by the Senate Jan. 31
C OOPERATIVE MARKETING
BILL PASSED SENATE
'Washington, Feb. 8—Originating
in the House, the co-operative mar
keting bill which is a measure de
signed to aid agricultural interests,
was today passed by the senate.
GOVERNOR SMALL,
PARDONS CONTEMPT OF
COURT VICTIMS
Springfield, 111., Feb. 8—Gover
nor Small today granted pardou to
ten members of the Chicago Board
of Education who were under sen
tence by Judge Scanlon for Contempt
of Court.
NEW ILATIAN CABINET
TO BE FORMED
Rome, Feb. 9—Former Premier
Orlando has accepted the kings in
vitation to form a new Italian cabi
HULLiVAN NOMINATED MARSHAL
THIRD DIVISION
Washington. Feb. 9—Harvey L.
Sullivan was this afternoon nominat
>‘d by President Harding to the office
of United States Marshal for the 3rd
Division with headquarters at Val
Sullivan’s nomination complete*
the major Alaska appointments and
ends a prolonged fight for the posi
INVESTIGATION OF GOVERNOR
ASKED IIY LEGISLATURE
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 9—Resolu
tions were today introduced in the
lower house of the Mississippi Legis
lature asking for an investigation of
the charge preferred against Gover
nor RusboII. Miss Frances Birk
head Is complaining witness and
charges the Governor with having
wronged her while an employe in
Russell's office.
Miss Birkhead Ready to Testify.
New Orleans, Feb. 9—Miss Fran
ces Birkhead announced here tonight
that she holds herself in readiness
to appear before the Mississippi leg
islature and will give her testimony
against Governor Russell.
FRENCH WANT POSTPONEMENT
OF GENOA CONFERENCE
London, Feb. 9—French Govern
ment officials are making a strenu
ous representation for the postpone
ment for three months of the Genoa
Economic Conference. Reason for
the opposition to an earlier meeting
is not stated.
CRACKSMEN RELIEVE
BANK OF $30,000
Seattle, Feb. 7—Cracksmen last
night dynamited the First National
Bank of Paulsbo ond escaped with
$30,000 of the bank’s funds.
HARDING INSTALLS
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
Washington, Feb. 9—President
Harding has had a new type of wire
less telephone receiving outfit in
stalled in his study on the second
floor of the White House.
MURDERER-HIJACKER SOUGHT
by police: OF NATION
Washington, Feb. 8—L. Sands,
former valet for William Desmond
Taylor, moving picture celebrity, foi
whom the Los Angeles police have
instructed a nation wide search in
connection with the Taylor murder
is also a slacker. Sands is also
being sought by the War Department
as a deserter from the army, is the
announcement issued today by the
Adjutant General.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGA
TING TAMPERING CHARGES.
Los Angeles, Feb. ft—U. S. Attor
ney Woolwine today began an inves
tigation into the charges made that
police officers have been bribed, wit
nesses silenced and evidence supres‘3
ed in the plot engineered from be
hind the scenes in film land, in an
effort to frustrate action in the raur
der of William Desmond Taylor.
Woolwine states that any attempt
to defeat the ends of justice in the
Taylor murder mystery will be com
batted by the entire federal force and
a thorough investigation prosecuted.
NEW WIREliKSS STATION
LINKED WITH OUTSIDE WORLD
Tacoma, Feb. 9th—Third Signal
Company soldiers from Camp Lewis
have succeeded in erecting a (wireless
station ten thousand feet up the sides
of Mount Ranier, on the promontory
known as Anvil rock.
Anvil rock wireles now' becomes
another link in the chain of stations
rapidly encircling the globe, and
brings into closer communication dis
tant parts of the world.
PACIFIC COAST SHIPPING
INTERESTS TO COMBINE
Washington. Feb. 9—Completed
plans for the organization of a Pacific
ports shipping combine has been laid
before the President. ThiH propos
ed combine will capitalize for thirty
millions and has been presented by
a delegation representing the ship
ping business' interests of the West
NAVY YARD ACTIVITIES
STOPPED 15Y PRESIDENT
Washington. Feb. 9- Pursuant to
the order issued by the President, a
step prompted by the result of the
Arms Conference, work has been
stopped on fourteen capital ships now
under construction in various Amcri
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FRIDAY
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ALASKA TOURIST
TRAVEL BEIN'L ROOMED
Washington, Feb. 10—The Na
tional Park Service has already start
ed a campign to direct tourist travel
to Alaska. The Service is sending
out much publicity matter and is
drawing for its material upon other
subdivisions of the Department of
the Interior. In dialating on the
various features of the Northland
the Department has specifically cited
the beauties of Mt. McKinley.
SLOW HEADWAY
BEING MADE TAYLOR
MURDER MYSTERY
Los Angeles. F**b. 10—Slow pro
' gross being made by the authori
ties in the solution of the Taylor
murder mystery is causing a nation
wide criticism and in some quarters
demands arc being made for au abut
ment of the Hollywood colony. The
unsavory disclosures being made!
public from time to time may result
in the movie industry being removed
to Long Island, N. Y.
CONTINUED ADMISSION OF
JAPS MUST BE STOPPED
Washington. Feb. 10—V’. S. Mc
Clatchy, publisher, of Sacramento.
California, declared yesterday in a
statement before the House Immi
gration Committee that if friendly
relations with Japan are to be main
tained our government must act at
McClatchy says that we “must
effectually stop tlui continued ad
mission of Japanese and control the
rapidly increasing Japanese popula
tion in America.
UNDER HAVES IJFK OF
FORMER .ALASKA GOVERNOR
Seattle. Feb. ft—In a private let
ter received here from Mrs. Thomas
Riggs writing from the capital, she
and the former Governor narrowly
escaped death in the Knickerbocker
Thomas Riggs Jr., and family had
made preparations to attend the
theatre when the young son of the
house got a cinder in his eye and the
the Knickerbocker theatre and thru
this fortunate accident in all prob
ability escaped the terrible fate of
IRISH RIOTING DFA'EI.OI’KS !
INTO KIDNAPPING j
Belfast. Feb. 10—Additional kid
napping occurred yesterday it: coun
ty Fermanagh Four Class B con
stables were kidnapped in the Ross
lea district. The entire Ulster
frontier is virtually a line of steel
today following raids that occurred
yesterday in which many Unionists
were kidnapped. Soldiers are pa
trolling the frontier and up to a
late hour had refrained from direct
FOREIGN EXCHANGE} HEALERS
CONVICTED, FRAUD
Toronto. Feb. 10—Nathan Dres
ser and his son Meyer, prominent
Canadian dealers in foreign ex
change*. have been convicted with
defrauding their creditors of seven
hundred thousand dollars.
PROHIBITION BARS LET DOWN
—COMBAT FLU
Washington, Feb. ft—Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes today virtual
ly instructed federal prohibition
directors in various stations thruout
the United States to make it as con
venient as possible for physicians
who are prescribing liquor as an
influenza remedy. High medical
authority has determined that alco
holic liquor is a remedy that prac
tice has proved functions as a speci
fic in influenza cases.
HARDING TO I'KRSONALLV
PRESENT TREATIES
Washington, Feb. 10—This after
noon or tomorrow the treaties re
sulting from the Arms Conference
will be brought before the Senate.
It is expected that the President will
appear in person and present the,
treaties. Harding evidently feels
that with him present, the pacts will
receive more favorable considers
IRISH RAILWAY MEN
BLOCK RAILROAD
Cork. Feb. 10—Dissatisfied with <
terms of the Irish railway situation
settlement, a group of railway work
men marched into the Cork station
today and seized the station. Up
to midforenoon today all truius are
held up. not a wheel turning over
the system.
AVIATION FORCES TRANS- 1
FERHKD TO PHILIPPINES J
Riverside, Calif., Feb...9—Accord- '
ing to advices received by the mill- !
tary authorities, two hundred and t
sixty four enlisted men of the avia- j
tion forces stationed at Marsh Field 5
will be transferred to the Philip- |
pines in the month of April. S
SEWARD-FAIRBANKS RAILROAD
LINK COMPLETED
Seattle. Feb. 9—According to a
report received from Nenana the
Riley Creek Viaduct has been com
pleted. A wooden tresule has span
ned the Riley Creek gap and only
construction trains were able to
cross, but. now that the steel struc
ture has been completed thru train
service w*ill be possible between
Seward and Fairbanks.
S. S. DOLLAR BADLY DAMAGED
OFF CAPE FLATTERY
San Francisco. Feb. 10th—Eight
hundred miles oft' Cape Flattery the
S. S. Dollar encountered a severe
storm and was badly damaged, ac
eritv. the Dollar lost her bridge, the
Sl l( llll RELIEVED TO
BE EDWARD SWIIS
San Diego. Feb. 10th—Coroner
Kelly announced yesterday after
noon he believed that William Koe
gel. who committed suicide here
Sunday, is the much sought for Ed
ward E. Sands, the supposed mur
derer of William Desmond Taylor
at Los Angeles.
SECY. HCORES TO
LEAVE FOR BERMUDA
Washington. Feb• ft—Secretary
pf State Hughes is making prepara
tions for an extended trip to Ber
muda. Hughes finds that the stren
uous days of the Arms Conference
have lowered his vitality and en
dangered his health, requiring an
extended absence from his duties.
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