Three Theories Proposed In Taylor Murder Case
Los Angeles police and district attorney detectives continue the William Desmond Taylor murder probe with three leading theories. One links the shooting to an unidentified overseas soldier. another centers on Edward Sands the former valet. the third involves a woman relative of a director’s associate.
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Jack Jungmeyver
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Hollywood
Edward Sands
Taylor
Eas Command
Canadian Forest
Sands
E B. C. King
J. A. Wynn
Woolwine
David Adams
Detective King Believes Taylor Murder Involves Multiple Guilty Parties
Los Angeles district attorney's office says detective sergeant Edgar King believes more than one person has knowledge of the Taylor murder. The case remains a long vigil as authorities seek a breakthrough and expect a future hint or confession. Public interest remains high with letters and tips continuing to arrive from readers worldwide.
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Taylor
Edgar King
Los Angeles
Tam
Haunted film star tale ends in mysterious death
A complex portrait emerges of a troubled actor linked to Mabel Normand and other screen figures. Neva Gerber and Mary Miles Minter speak of him with high regard, while colleagues recall his bitter temperament and eerie paranoia. Police note scant details on his past as investigators sift motives in a haunted house death.
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Mabel Normand
Mies Normand
Neva Gerber
Mary Miles Minter
Taylor
Sands
London
Bank Cashier Shot by Robbers in San Francisco
Alexander Rutner night cashier for Liberty Bank was shot and seriously wounded early today as two men attempted a hold up near his home in San Francisco. The assailants fled after the shooting and their identities remain unknown.
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San Francisco
Alexander Rutner
Liberty Bank
Church conference debates capitalism and social control
In Evanston on May 23 a Methodist Episcopal gathering heard Prof John H Gray argue civilization depends on steming capitalism He urged social control of steel coal oil and railroads noting 12 hour days and Sunday labor remain widespread and wages fall below a decent standard of living He challenged Judge Gary on wage setting and stressed church funding should not bolster capitalist power.
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Evanston, II
John H. Gray
Methodial Episcopal Church
Francia J. O'Connell
Inter Church World Movement
Gray
Cill
Profemor Gray
Eorn
Gary
Planes Report to City for Summer Training Flights
Two army airplanes with aircrew arrived at Vancouver barracks from San Francisco en route to Seattle. They will report to Col J Charlies at Port Fort Lawton and will base in Seattle for flights. The De Havilland super bombers will participate in a public sequence of demonstrations timed for Camp Lewis and Fort Worden summer training camps from July 27 to August 25.
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Vancouver
San Francisco
Seattle
Activites
Campaign
University At
J. Charlies
Port
de Haviland
Manes
Fort Lawton
Camp Lewis
Fort Worden
Lewis and Clark Highway Project Gets Federal Funding
The secretary of agriculture announced a $450 000 allocation from the national forest highway budget to start a two year program for the Lewis and Clark highway through Montana and Idaho. Work begins this summer with 190 miles of road mainly through Selway and Nez Perce forests. The Seattle Chamber leads the coalition of Washington Montana Idaho and Oregon to back the project.
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Seattle
Selway National Forest
Selway
Lo-Lo
Clearwater
Nez Perce
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
M. J. Carrigan
Highway Association
Britain's Blake to try world flight with wife's consent
Major W T Blake, supported by his wife, will attempt a round the world flight starting Wednesday from London in a De Havilland 9. He will use three additional planes across a multi leg journey via Calcutta Rome Ath ens Crete Alexandria Baghdad Karachi Delhi Rangoon Bangkok Saigon Japan Vancouver Chicago New York Newfoundland Greenland Iceland Faroe Islands to Scotland Aberdeen. The plan includes four flying boats and a 850 mile sea leg from the Faroe Islands to Scotland.
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Britain
Blake
MacMillan
London
Calcutta
Paria
Rome
Athens
Créte
Alexandria
Bagdad
Batra
Karachi
Delhi
Rangoon
Bangkok
Saigon
Japan
Yokohama
Petropaviovk
Aleutian Ilands
Alaskan
Vancouver
Canada
Chicago
New York
New Foundland
Greenland
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Scotland
Aberdeen
W. T. Blake
de Haviland
Andree Sunk After Collision with H F Alexander
The British cargo carrier Andree was rammed and sunk off Fort Mifflin by the H F Alexander. Captain and all 49 crew were rescued by lifeboats and tugs from the Philadelphia navy yards. The Alexander, America's fastest merchant ship, was refitted at a cost of $400 000 after purchase by Pacific Steamship Company for service between Seattle and California points.
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Philadelphia
Andree
Fort Mifflin
H. F. Alexander
Great Northern
Alexander
Philadelphia Navy Yards
H. WF. Alexander
America
Pacific Steamship Company
Seattle
California
Flavel, Ore
The
Shipping Board
New York
Important Changes in Cummins Law
President Harding backs major amendments to the Exect Cummins law to regulate railroads. He favors moving the railroad labor board from Chicago to Washington to keep wage and working condition oversight in close touch with the Interstate Commerce Commission on rate setting.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
White House
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indefinite Inquest Expected in Patrolman Legate Death
Coroner Willis H. Corson said no definite date has been set for the inquest into Patrolman Charles Legate killed in the Main st garage on March 17. He expects a statement from Emanuel A. Weitz this week but has no information on Weitz's whereabouts. Weitz is believed to have left Hitchcock Oklahoma to attend the Seattle hearing and to testify before the King county grand jury.
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Altho
Charles ©. Legate
Main St
Willis H. Corson
Emanuel A. Weitz
Corson
Weitz
Hitchcock
Okla
Seattle
King County Grand Jury
Psychologist to Speak on Business Success at Luncheon
Dr. Orlando Edgar Miller, president of the International Society of Applied Psychology, will explain how psychology aids business success at the Progressive Business Men's club luncheon on Wednesday noon at the Pig and Whistle. He is touring Seattle delivering free lectures on applied psychology with his first talk Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple.
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Orlando Edgar Miller
International Society of Applied Psycholorg
Business Men's Club
Dr. Miller
Los Angeles
Seattle
Masonic Temple
Harvard Ave
Wallingford Flower Show Planned by Local Club
The Wallingford Commercial club announces a summer flower show in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce beautification campaign in Seattle. It will run June 20 to 28 on 45th Street from Wallingford Avenue to 50th Avenue, with prize flowers displayed in district shop windows. Competition open to district residents and possibly outsiders. pianists excluded from competition but invited to exhibit. Details to be announced at a June meeting.
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Wallingford Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
No. 45Th St
Wallingford Ave
SS Ae Ave
Wentworth
N. Foot
France Braces for June 1 Action If Germany Delays
Paris May 23 Parliament convened to decide France's June 1 response if Germany fails reparations. Premier Poincare faces a confidence vote amid a high risk stance. International bankers led by J P Morgan prepare to discuss a possible international loan for Germany as Germany seeks a middle ground to avert French measures.
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Webb Miller
Paris
France
Germany
Poincare
Hia Deland
Strasbourg
Great Britain
International Bankers’ Committees
J. P. Morgan
M. de la Croix
Bank Parley in U S Urged for Europe's Economic Maze
Washington May 23. Advisers urge President Harding to convene an international bankers conference in Washington to untangle the European economic maze. Attitude not disclosed but considered for careful review. The plan shifts focus from armaments to global economic burdens.
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Washington
Europe
Harding
Firemen Halt Blaze Threatening Allentown Village
Firemen under Battalion Chief J. W. Carmichael in Seattle contained a blaze early Tuesday that menaced the village of Allentown near Duwamish after a residence burned and another was damaged. The Tom home was destroyed and about 100 citizens joined a bucket brigade. damage estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Seattle
Battalion
J. W. Carmichael
Allentown
Duwamish
Andrew Tom
Girl Struck by Car as Auto Turns Over Injures Mary Brogan
Mary Brogan 18 of 1902 E Marion St was hospitalized in Providence Tuesday with a fractured skull and multiple broken ribs after the car she drove flipped at East 50th Street and 10th Ave Northeast Monday night. Three companions Kate Brogan Helen Marlota and Theresa Love escaped with minor bruises. Aberdeen body of John Nylander 37 recovered from Chehalis River. he and three others drowned December 9 when their auto plunged through a bridge leaving two bodies unrecovered.
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Mary Brogan
E. Marion St. Wad
Providence Hospital
E. 50Th St
10Th Ave. N. E
Kate Brogan
Helen Marlota
Theresa Love
Seventh Ave. N. E
Aberdeen
John Nylander
Chehalia
Nylander
Auto
Soprano Miss Ella Stanhope in Messiah by Seattle Pacific choir
Miss Ella Stanhope soprano soloist will join 50 voices from Seattle Pacific college Tuesday night for Handel's Messiah. Directed by W. W. Cathey the recital at the college on Third Ave W and Nickerson St also features Mary Cathay contralto Robert Leise tenor and Robert Bradley bass with piano accompaniment by Athyn Wilson and J. J. Chaney.
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Ella Stanhope
Seattle Pacific College
W. W. Cathey
Third Ave
Nickerson St
Miss Stanhope
Mary Cathay
Robert Leise
Robert Bradley
Atyrn Wilson
J. J. Chaney
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Keith Smith
Eld Blake
Cummins
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Bank Parley Inu.s. Urged
Thomas L. Stokes
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Nelson
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