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GET IT ALL Ttila iwwupunfr ron«l«t« of Main Nf»», 10 pifn; Society, ¦ od Dnuut, 10 pifei; Part II, * pait*«; Editorial .ind Cltv Life, 8 pair*; Magazine, 16 page*; Comics. 4 intra; Chll- drrn'a Rook of Magic, I pap«, Sports, 1 pages. ®heWa ton ®mcs NUMBER 12,174. »"«.? WASHINGTON, SUNDAY MORNltfO, FEBRUARY 26, 1922. '* WEATHER. B" P^CE TEN CENTS 1 at th« Postofftc* at Wtahincton. D C. 1 r * ' . Woman Friend of Taylor To Face Quiz Today Labor Headed Down. A Truce of Cod. Life Dear.Reasons. Everything In Heaven. .By ARTHUR BRISBANE (Copyright. 1922.) Bricklayers agree to change anion rules and habits. No more limit to a day's work, no refusal to lay non-union bricks, etc. "Shackles off employers," says the headline. The American Federation is not consulted. Each step now is a union labor defeat.important in industrial history. The pendulum swings the other way. Lloyd George suggests a ten- year truce. All nations of Eu¬ rope to sign, promising no war and respecting frontiers as they are. It would be the truce of common sense, succeeding the ancient "Truce of God" put in practice when Kings realized they had done too much killing. But France says: "No; my army makes me safe. I keep It." And Russia and Germany, outcasts for the moment, say aothing, but do plenty of think¬ ing. Senator Reed of Missouri wants George Harvey called back. He wants an ambassa¬ dor that "can put his legs un¬ der British mahogany and still keep his head." Reed might also ask for Washington statesmen able to keep their heads when thev put their legs under American ma¬ hogany in company with Brit¬ ish legs. American officials, here and abroad, seem to become a little crazy under British influence. To live still costs 57 per cent more than it did in 1914. That's official. How do the people out of work live at all? In England 1 in 19 gets an allowance from the government because he has no job. How do our jobless manage? Congress will "investigate" private foreign loans made in Europe by citizens of this coun¬ try. A botter idea woald be to atop those loans for a while. Money lent to Europe is to be used there foT war or industry. If for war, why lend ? If for indus¬ try, why not lend her?.? We have here more idle workmen, more silent factories than France, England, Italy and Ger¬ many combined. What with foreign loans at usurious interest, and tax-ex¬ empt securities here, discourag¬ ing business investment, our leading industry may soon be the breadline. Mr. Bryan is not to be Senator from Florida, his adopted State. Senator Trammell will be nomi¬ nated, which means elected, to succeed himself. This will put more conviction into Mr. Bryan's deeply intellectual fight against the Darwinian theories. He knows now that there is nothing in the survival of the fittest. The Rev. Dr. Norcross, of New York, says you will find "every¬ thing you want in Heaven," if you get there. This includes indi¬ vidual pianos for those that want them. Some of the old inhabit¬ ants would be amazed at the re¬ quests of recent arrivals.the Queen of Sheba, for instance, if some young ange] wanted a "sports model" runabout, or an¬ other a fast monoplane, to rest his wings, or a third a wireless receiver enabling him to hear the howling and wailing from below, via the other lanes, or the con¬ versation of the more intellectual lost ones. What would be your idea of Heaven if you could choose? Could you imagine it endurable without change and ambition? It does not matter how much you make, if vou give value in return. Mary Pickford is shown in a lawsuit to have earned a mil¬ lion and a quarter in the last two years. That is less than five cents from each of those to whom she has given real and harmless pleasure in that time, and the money by now has all gone back into circulation. Tell your wife, daughter, sis- ter, all women, that when wom¬ an trust men they are usually swindled.financially and other¬ wise. After 100,000 years' ex¬ perience, women have not yet learned it. A good young talker told two women with plenty of money, in New York, that he (Continued on Pa«o 2, Column ?.) DEATH THREAT AUTHOR JAILED UPON CHARGES OF BLACKMAIL Police Believe George E. Long Is Subject for Alienists to Examine. RE-ARREST IS ORDERED U. S. District Attorney Insists on Incarceration and Will Give Case to Jury. Rearrested after twenty-four hours of freedom, George E. Long, writer of death-threat letters to several society leaders in the Na¬ tional Capital, spent last night in a cell at the Tenth precinct police station. Maj. Peyton Gordon, district at¬ torney, ordered the rearrest of Long. Imi Believed Demented. Given * eleati btU of health and sent home Friday by Inspector of Detectives Clifford L. Grant, Long went to the bedside of his sick wife at his home, 1910 N street north¬ west. He has three small children. The police department had ruled that Long was a harmless eccentric, who "labored under a temporary aberration that the rich were not doing enough for the poor." Inspector Grant said he believed Long to be a paranoiac and not criminally inclined. It was the same defense that had been entered for Charles A. Grock, who on March 5 last shot former United States Senator Charles B. Henderson, while In the Senator's office. Grock was sentenced yes¬ terday to serve ten years In the peni¬ tentiary. Numerous letters of a threatening nature were sent to Senator Hen¬ derson by Grock, but the man was not regarded as dangerous until he fired a bullet into the Senator's arm. "The only reason that Senator Henderson was not killed is that Crock's aim was poor," Major Pey¬ ton Gordon, Unitwl States District Attorney, said last night. Charged With Blackmail. "To leave no opportunity for a repetition of the Grock affair, I told Inspector Grant that Long should be locked up," Major Gordon said. "However, it was not the case of Grock that caused me to take that position. "Long, If he is mentally balanced, is either guilty of attempted black- mall or attempted extortion." Major Gordon will lay the case of Long before the grand Jury and ask that he be indicted. Should Gordon elect to take such a course, Long's friends or counsel may offer the defense that he is a paranoiac and not mentally com¬ petent. Long is docketed by the police with one charge of attempted blackmail Inspector Grant said last night that Long had written a dozen letters and that he could be held on charges In each case. "I believe I.ong to be a paranoiac," Inspector Grant said. "The man ap¬ pears to suffer from hallucinations, probably due to a mental breakdown. I do not think he Is a subject for criminal prosecution. I think he needs the treatment of mental ex¬ perts." Dr. D. Percy Hickllng, District alienist, last night began an investi¬ gation of the case. He explained that he had not looked fully Into the matter, but that It appeared on Its face to be a case of paranoia. In Priesl's Custody. "It appears from casual reading of the newspaper articles on the case to be the story of a man in¬ dulging In queer, foolish, meaning¬ less acts In a spirit of grandiose," Dr. Hickllng said. "The mere fact thftt after writing (ConUnued on Page 15, Column 6) SEEKS ALIMONY Miu K.lida Piia, the Costa Rlran beauty, who divorced Her- her. P. Crane, Hllflfl iron mas¬ ter, and regained her maiden name, Is In Chicago to wage a legal battle (or the $70,000 re¬ maining alimony which she charges her husband has refused topsy. MldEl GQIIINS IS KRVBIIS WRECK Irish Leader Suffers Break¬ down, and Complete Rest Is Needed. By HAYD EN TALBOT. (Special Cable Dispatch to Universal Servcie.) DUBLIN, Feb. 25.."Michael Col¬ lins is suffering from a complete breakdown." This was the diagnosis eiven to me today by Dr. P. J. Ryan, after he had visited Mick and made a thorough physical examination of the man on whom the Irish people are dependent for their future. I have Collins' own word for It that he didn't sleep a wink on Wednesday night, and, according to one of his closest friends, he didn't close his eyes last night. Mick undoubtedly has an attack of influenza, aggravated by a nervous breakdown. The latter is declared to be more serious than the specific illness. The probabilities are that the minister will be confined to his bed for a least a week, if not longer. But the truth is that after five years of mental and physical strain. Michael Collins has finally caved in and his only chance of regaining his health lies in his ability to obtain absolute rest and quiet for an in¬ definite period. Kitty Gordon to Quit Stage For Beauty Shop MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 25.. Kitty Gordon, famous stage beauty and screen star, will leave the stage in June to open a beauty parlor in Madison avenue. New York city, ac¬ cording to announcement made here today by her manager. Miss Gor¬ don is playing in vaudeville here this week. Poincare and George Agree on Principles BOULOGNE, France, Feb. 25.. Premier Llolyd George and Premier I'oincare reached an agreement upon international issues at their confer¬ ence here this afternon. It was said ihat a formal communique would be Issued later. dinTwith speaker. President and Mrs. Harding were the dinner guests tonight of Speaker of the House and Mrs. Glllett at their residence here. The fourth article of the series by Michael Collins, deal¬ ing with the affairs of the Irish Free State, will be print- ed in The Washington Times next Sunday. Cable delays pre¬ vented its publication today. RESIDENT CHECKS CUT IN MVY BUDGET Calls Congressmen to White House and Wins Assents To Views. SOME PRUNING COMING Wholesale Reduction in Money and Personnel Planned May Be Dropped. By GEORGE R. HOLMES. Internatlvaal N«w» (hrrlN. - The personal intervention of President Harding became neces¬ sary yesterday to save the United States Navy from some rather rough surgery at the hands of economy-bent Congressmen The Navy and the Administra¬ tion became seriously concerned over the talk that has been rife in Congress ever since the arma¬ ment. conference of COttinjr naval appropriations for the next year In half, or from $400,000j>00 to $200,- 000,000 and the enlisted strength from around 100,000 men to 60,- 000 or 60,000. ' V tlonal peace haa been eetaWlshed through the conferenoe treaties, why, asked economical Conjr see- men, la a greater navy needed? members of the Naval and the Ap¬ propriations Committee of the House are insistent that Congress should realize fully upon the bene¬ fit* to accrue from the conference and save while saving can be done with safety. Secretary Denbjr's plea, voiced be¬ fore Congress last week, that the appropriations should not be cut below $350,000,000, nor the enlisted strength be cut below 90,000, failed to change these views to any ap¬ preciable degree. Yesterday President Harding sum¬ moned members of the House Naval Affairs to the White House for a conference and an exchange of views. Speaks Against Cut. He conveyed the message that the Administration does not look with favor upon a too radical diminution of the naval defenses of the country, and iio warned against going too far. As a result of the conference. It was said by Congressional leaders last night that a compromise will be worked out between the position taken by the Navy Department and by the economy views of Congress. President Harding Informed his visitors that he would be "very re¬ luctant" to see the navy reduced be¬ low 75,000 or 80,000 men, and the full complement of officers. He recommended that Congress itself t&ke no action to reduce the present authorized strength of 105,- 000 men, holding that it would be wise to conserve the present skele¬ ton In order to facilitate rapid ex¬ pansion in time of emergency. He advised that there be no reduction in the present number of officers for the same reason.quick training of men in time of emergency. Violence Is Increasing In South African Strikes IjONDON, Feb. 25..Violence is in¬ creasing in the South African strikes, said a dispatch from Jo¬ hannesburg to the Star today. One thousand additional constables are being enrolled for strike duty. Strikers attacked the home of a mining official, kidnapping two per¬ sons. We'll Find Pianos in Heaven, Says Minister ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 25.. Music lovers will find pianos In heaven when they die, and if they can't play themselves the pianos may be of the self-playing variety. That is on the statement of the Rev. Dr. James E. Norcross, of New York, field secretary of the general board of promotion of the northern Baptist convention, here today. Mm. Ira* Bom Bailey, Wash¬ ington Government worker, who waa arroM on complaint of her hushsnd, William Henry Bailey, charred with perjury in her salt for divorce in "Little Reno." Husband Will Lay Against Official Before State Attorney General. By I1ABVKY L. COBB. (Copyrlcbt, 1121. br Th« Washington Tim** Company.) Alleging that members of the Alexandria divorce ring are seek¬ ing to prevent him from prosecut¬ ing his wife, who. he alleged, com¬ mitted perjury In making a false affidavit to get a divorce from him, William Ilenry Bailey, "victimized" husband of Mrs. Irene Rose Bailey. Government worker, will lay his case before the Virginia attorney general. Mra. Bailey, pretty employe of the Internal Revenue Bureau, was arrested Friday at her desk at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue and locked up in the Alexandria Jail. Should Mrs. Bailey, whose case will come up for a preliminary hear¬ ing March 5, succeeded In having the criminal warrant against her dis¬ missed it would strengthen the posi¬ tion of the ring. Knowing this, Bailey charges that Howard W. Smith, Commonwealth attorney of Alexandria, is not only refusing to prosecute the case, but is assisting counsel of Mra. Bailey In her de¬ fense. Fights Divorce Ring. "Despite the fact that it is the duty of the Commonwealth attorney to prosecute all criminal actions, where warrants have been issued, Mr. Smith has refused to take any action in the matter and I shall ap¬ peal to Attorney General John R. Saunders, at Richmond, for a special prosecuting attorney in my case," Bailey said last night. Unable to secure any assistance from Smith, Bailey employed pri- vate counsel to prosecute the crim Inal warrant on which his wife has been arrested. Other charges of "collusion" by the Commonwealth attorney with members of the ring have been made by Thomas J. Wright, another vic¬ tim of the divorce ring, on whose complaint a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of Mary Li. Baggett, Little Reno's Divorce Queen. Intimidation Is Charged. Wright alleges that he was re fused any assistance by Smith and that when Mrs. Barrett's pre llmtnary trial was heard Smith nol only refused to assist in the prosecution, but did not even at tend the hearing, and It waf necessary for Wright to emplo> private counsel to press th« prosecution of his warrant foi Queen Baggett. Bailey and Wright both declarc that they have been Intimidated b> members of the ring, threatened with arrest, and have been named that if the cases are pressed the> will be forced to pay alimony tc their respective wives. I cum omieiBLEs TO MITE in II. S. Washington Men Form Fifty- Million Dollar Air Service Corporation. TWO BIG SHIPS BEING BUILT Initial Line, New York to Chi¬ cago, Will Be Started With¬ in Twelve Months. By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. The next twelve months will see in operation the first of an American lino of Riant dirigible airships, to be operated by the general air 'service, with head¬ quarters in this city, a 150,000,000 corporation founded by two Wash¬ ington men and how backed by some of the leading business men of the nation. Two Giant Ships. The service wfll be Inaugurated be¬ tween New York and Chicago by two riant ships of 4,000.000 cubic feet gas capacity, twice as large as the R-Sl', the giant British dirigible which flew aero. the Atlantic and back In 1»M. These Shlpe are to be fabricated in Germany and erected in this oouatry, yqrte to be started immediately. Tbojr ¦win each provide accommodations for 100 passengers and thirty tans of mall and express matter. Qeneral Air Service, an outgrowth of an Investigation bureau of three years' standing, was Incorporated last Tuesday under the laws of the State of Maryland. The national headquarters have been established in the Commercial National Bank Building this city. A meeting for election of officers will be held there, probably during the coming week. One of the men active in the com- pmy's plans is Benedict Crowell, formerly Assistant Secretary of War. head of the American Aviation Mis¬ sion to Europe, and president of the Aero Club of America. Mr. Crowell explained the company's alms as follows: "Our aim Is to provide rigid airship service to America first, and. as time goes on. link this continent with the rest of the world by aerial routes; a service supplementing existing meth¬ ods of transportation, one which will traverse space in a minimum of time and supply a means of travel both safe and comfortable. U. S. Should Lead World. "Aerial transportation is Just as necessary to present-day civilization as the railroads were to civilization fifty years ago. In no country In the world is this new method of transpor- tion more necessary than In the United States because of its great ex¬ panse of territory and Its numerous urban centers of large size. The United States can and should lead the world in the rigid airship field. The first line to be put Into opera¬ tion, probably early In 1923, will be between New York and Chicago, on h ten-hour schedule, It was an¬ nounced by Lieut. Clifford A. Tinker, who during the war was acting chief engineer of naval aviation In Europo and who was connected with the ZR-2 trials. Lieutenant Tinker ha* opened offices In this city. loiter, service will be opened to South America and to Europe and across the Pacific to the Eastern (Continued on Page 8, Column 1 ) Deputy Facta Names New Italian Cabinet ROME, Feb. 25..Deputy Facta today succeeded In forming a new cabinet with himself as premier and minister of interior. The other members are: Foreign affairs, Senator 8chanzer; Justice, Lulgi Rossi; public works, De Vitte; treasury, Peano; Industry, T««fllo Rossi; agriculture, Bertlnl; educa- tion, Anile; finance, Bertone; col- ] onies, Vt-scalea. German Woman Gives Birth to Quadruplets 1 BERLIN, Feb. 25..The wife of a German farmer living at Petnlck, near Berlin, today gave birth to quadruplets, two boys and two girls. 'I He in her and nil the ch'Mreti an Jin excellent physical condition. IN TAYLOR CASE HARRY J. FIELDS, l>eln.it prisoner, who ufi William D. Taj l«>r, movie director, wm killed by a Chinese member of * party of four drug addicts whom he drove to the Taylor bungalow. Having Rejected Sales Tax, G. 0. P. Congressmen Unable To Finance Legislation. By A. 0. HAYWARD, Inti l Notts SmlM. Congress la AMI groping around to find some #ay to provide a soldiers' bonus, with the task ap¬ parently more hopeless than it has been at any time during the past year. Having rejected the sales tax, the eight-point direct tax program, and the bond issue plan of rais¬ ing revenue. Republican members of the committee are milling around among themselves in the hope of running upon some way to get the necessary money that will prove acceptable to President Harding de¬ spite his announced policy of "no sales tax.no bonus." The President's letter to Chair¬ man Fordney advocating the sales tax hangs like a pall over the mem¬ bers of the committee. They have turned down the sales tax and now they're unable to determine upon a scheme to obtain the money that bonus payments will require. Last Forlorn Hope. Their last forlorn hope is that the President will relent to the ex¬ tent that he will agree to put his O. K. on the bonus bill that does not carry any specific means of bringing 111 revenue to balance the outlay which it will authorize. Chairman Fordney and other members of the committee expect to confer with the President today and tomorrow. They will tell him that the House is ready to pass a bonus bill almost immediately, but that they see no other way of getting it through except without the revenue feature. They will point to contemplated savings in the army and navy as a result ol the Washington armament confer ence and will tell the President that the money thus saved can be used to pay the bonus. It is their plan to make the bonus a chargre against the Treas¬ ury with the idea that interest re celved by this Government on the debts of foreign governments can (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Urges Commission For European Memorials President Harding yesterday asked Congress to enact legislation creating an American battle monu ment commission to centralize erec¬ tion of memorials in Europe com memoratlng services of the Ameri can doughboy. Letters from Director of the Budget Dawes ard Secretary of Wat Weeks urging the legislation were transmitted by the President t«i Speaker Gillette of the House. Boy Killed As Irish Renew Old Battle BELFAST, Feb. 25..Shooting or the outskirts of this city was re newed tonight, and Isaac McMillan a youth, was killed while walklni Ion tho road toward Newton. NEW PUZZLE IS FOUND IN CASE BY UNCOVERING I OF TELEGRAM Mystery in Fact That Ac¬ quaintance Knew of Slaying Early in Morning. NOTIFIED FAMILY IN EAST Once Absolved of Knowledge of Crime, She Will Be Recalled for Grilling. By A. CHESTER KEEL. I'nltrrHl Hrrrir*. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26..New mystery was injected into the pus- zlinjf murder of William Desmond Taylor today when it was learned that a telegram had been sent by a woman stating that Taylor had been found dead in his apartment with a bullet wound "behind hi* r-irhjLear." Knew Taylor Long Aft. The woman who sent the wire, according to sheriff's officers work¬ ing on the case, is Miss Marion Graham, of Hollywood, who knew Tav'cr as "Pete" Tanner in Larch- mont, N. Y., years ago. Her tele¬ gram was sent at 10:08 a. m. o'clock the day Taylor's body was found to Mrs. George A. Freeman, Shippins Point, Stanford, Conn., a friend of Taylor's former wife. Miss Graham was questioned two days after the murder by deputy sheriffs and on the day of Taylor's funeral she was taken to the sheriffs office and questioned again. Officers I agreed that the story she told ab¬ solved her of any guilty knowledge in connection with the crime. One point on which officers are seeking more light, however, Is how Miss Graham knew at 10:08 o'clock in the morning that Taylor had been murdered. If someone notified her by telephone, the police are interest- ed in their Identity. The officials are mighty interested in this phase. Although MlM Graham knew Taylor and his wife in Larchmont, N. Y., she saw him only once In Los Angeles and the dispatch with which she was noti¬ fied of the crime seems unusual; they say. How Did She Know? Taylor's body was found by hla negro valet, Henry Peavey, at 7:30 o'clock. The doctor who was called said Taylor had died from natural causes. When Charles Eyton, man¬ ager of the film company for which Taylor directed pictures, arrived, he insisted that an investigation of the body be made. The corpse was then turned over and the wound in the side found. That waa about 9 o'clock. Officials working on the case to¬ night expressed doubt as to whether Miss Graham learned of the crime through the newspapers and Cor that reason, plan to question her again. They also will question sev¬ eral other persons in the film world to learn why they have been so in¬ terested in talking to witnesses be¬ fore the officials can reach them. Without revealing names they said these persons had seriously hamp¬ ered them in their work. Miss Graham's story, as told by Chief Deputy Sheriff Manning, fol¬ lows: "When my father's financial af¬ fairs became involved we all decided to do our share to bring in enough revenue to keep th*. family together. We had a beautiful property at Larchmont and converted It Into a summer resort. Among the guests we entertained were Mr. and Mrs. William Deane Tanner and their tie girl. Looked Taylor Up. "I was about seventeen years old at that time, and like everybody else, was very fond of 'Pete* Taiv > ner, as all called him. He waa a | curio dealer then, and had one of
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GET IT ALLTtila iwwupunfr ron«l«t« of
Main Nf»», 10 pifn; Society,¦ od Dnuut, 10 pifei; Part II,* pait*«; Editorial .ind CltvLife, 8 pair*; Magazine, 16page*; Comics. 4 intra; Chll-drrn'a Rook of Magic, I pap«,Sports, 1 pages. ®heWa ton®mcsNUMBER 12,174. »"«.? WASHINGTON, SUNDAY MORNltfO, FEBRUARY 26, 1922. '* WEATHER.
B" P^CE TEN CENTS1at th« Postofftc* at Wtahincton. D C. 1r
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Woman Friend of Taylor To Face Quiz
TodayLabor Headed Down.A Truce of Cod.Life Dear.Reasons.Everything In Heaven.
.By ARTHUR BRISBANE(Copyright. 1922.)
Bricklayers agree to changeanion rules and habits. No morelimit to a day's work, no refusalto lay non-union bricks, etc."Shackles off employers," saysthe headline. The AmericanFederation is not consulted.Each step now is a union labordefeat.important in industrialhistory. The pendulum swingsthe other way.
Lloyd George suggests a ten-year truce. All nations of Eu¬rope to sign, promising no warand respecting frontiers as theyare. It would be the truce ofcommon sense, succeeding theancient "Truce of God" put inpractice when Kings realizedthey had done too much killing.
But France says: "No; myarmy makes me safe. I keepIt." And Russia and Germany,outcasts for the moment, sayaothing, but do plenty of think¬ing.
Senator Reed of Missouriwants George Harvey calledback. He wants an ambassa¬dor that "can put his legs un¬der British mahogany and stillkeep his head."Reed might also ask for
Washington statesmen able tokeep their heads when thev puttheir legs under American ma¬hogany in company with Brit¬ish legs.American officials, here and
abroad, seem to become a littlecrazy under British influence.
To live still costs 57 per centmore than it did in 1914. That'sofficial. How do the people outof work live at all? In England1 in 19 gets an allowance fromthe government because he hasno job. How do our joblessmanage?
Congress will "investigate"private foreign loans made inEurope by citizens of this coun¬try.A botter idea woald be to atop
those loans for a while. Moneylent to Europe is to be usedthere foT war or industry. Iffor war, why lend ? If for indus¬try, why not lend her?.? Wehave here more idle workmen,more silent factories thanFrance, England, Italy and Ger¬many combined.What with foreign loans at
usurious interest, and tax-ex¬empt securities here, discourag¬ing business investment, ourleading industry may soon bethe breadline.
Mr. Bryan is not to be Senatorfrom Florida, his adopted State.Senator Trammell will be nomi¬nated, which means elected, tosucceed himself. This will putmore conviction into Mr. Bryan'sdeeply intellectual fight againstthe Darwinian theories. He knowsnow that there is nothing in thesurvival of the fittest.
The Rev. Dr. Norcross, of NewYork, says you will find "every¬thing you want in Heaven," ifyou get there. This includes indi¬vidual pianos for those that wantthem. Some of the old inhabit¬ants would be amazed at the re¬quests of recent arrivals.theQueen of Sheba, for instance, ifsome young ange] wanted a"sports model" runabout, or an¬other a fast monoplane, to resthis wings, or a third a wirelessreceiver enabling him to hear thehowling and wailing from below,via the other lanes, or the con¬versation of the more intellectuallost ones.What would be your idea of
Heaven if you could choose?Could you imagine it endurablewithout change and ambition?
It does not matter how muchyou make, if vou give value inreturn. Mary Pickford is shownin a lawsuit to have earned a mil¬lion and a quarter in the last twoyears. That is less than fivecents from each of those to whomshe has given real and harmlesspleasure in that time, and themoney by now has all gone backinto circulation.
Tell your wife, daughter, sis-ter, all women, that when wom¬an trust men they are usuallyswindled.financially and other¬wise. After 100,000 years' ex¬perience, women have not yetlearned it. A good young talkertold two women with plenty ofmoney, in New York, that he(Continued on Pa«o 2, Column ?.)
DEATH THREATAUTHOR JAILEDUPON CHARGESOF BLACKMAIL
Police Believe George E. LongIs Subject for Alienists
to Examine.
RE-ARREST IS ORDERED
U. S. District Attorney Insistson Incarceration and Will
Give Case to Jury.
Rearrested after twenty-fourhours of freedom, George E. Long,writer of death-threat letters toseveral society leaders in the Na¬tional Capital, spent last night ina cell at the Tenth precinct policestation.
Maj. Peyton Gordon, district at¬torney, ordered the rearrest ofLong.
Imi Believed Demented.Given * eleati btU of health and
sent home Friday by Inspector ofDetectives Clifford L. Grant, Longwent to the bedside of his sick wifeat his home, 1910 N street north¬west. He has three small children.The police department had ruled
that Long was a harmless eccentric,who "labored under a temporaryaberration that the rich were notdoing enough for the poor."
Inspector Grant said he believedLong to be a paranoiac and notcriminally inclined.
It was the same defense that hadbeen entered for Charles A. Grock,who on March 5 last shot formerUnited States Senator Charles B.Henderson, while In the Senator'soffice. Grock was sentenced yes¬terday to serve ten years In the peni¬tentiary.Numerous letters of a threatening
nature were sent to Senator Hen¬derson by Grock, but the man wasnot regarded as dangerous until hefired a bullet into the Senator's arm."The only reason that Senator
Henderson was not killed is thatCrock's aim was poor," Major Pey¬ton Gordon, Unitwl States DistrictAttorney, said last night.
Charged With Blackmail."To leave no opportunity for a
repetition of the Grock affair, I toldInspector Grant that Long shouldbe locked up," Major Gordon said."However, it was not the case ofGrock that caused me to take thatposition."Long, If he is mentally balanced,
is either guilty of attempted black-mall or attempted extortion."Major Gordon will lay the case of
Long before the grand Jury and askthat he be indicted.Should Gordon elect to take such
a course, Long's friends or counselmay offer the defense that he is aparanoiac and not mentally com¬petent.Long is docketed by the police with
one charge of attempted blackmailInspector Grant said last night thatLong had written a dozen letters andthat he could be held on charges Ineach case.
"I believe I.ong to be a paranoiac,"Inspector Grant said. "The man ap¬pears to suffer from hallucinations,probably due to a mental breakdown.I do not think he Is a subject forcriminal prosecution. I think heneeds the treatment of mental ex¬perts."Dr. D. Percy Hickllng, District
alienist, last night began an investi¬gation of the case. He explainedthat he had not looked fully Into thematter, but that It appeared on Itsface to be a case of paranoia.
In Priesl's Custody."It appears from casual reading
of the newspaper articles on thecase to be the story of a man in¬dulging In queer, foolish, meaning¬less acts In a spirit of grandiose,"Dr. Hickllng said."The mere fact thftt after writing(ConUnued on Page 15, Column 6)
SEEKS ALIMONY
Miu K.lida Piia, the CostaRlran beauty, who divorced Her-her. P. Crane, Hllflfl iron mas¬ter, and regained her maidenname, Is In Chicago to wage alegal battle (or the $70,000 re¬maining alimony which shecharges her husband has refusedtopsy.
MldEl GQIIINSIS KRVBIIS WRECK
Irish Leader Suffers Break¬down, and Complete Rest
Is Needed.
By HAYDEN TALBOT.(Special Cable Dispatch to Universal
Servcie.)DUBLIN, Feb. 25.."Michael Col¬
lins is suffering from a completebreakdown."This was the diagnosis eiven to
me today by Dr. P. J. Ryan, afterhe had visited Mick and made athorough physical examination ofthe man on whom the Irish peopleare dependent for their future.
I have Collins' own word for Itthat he didn't sleep a wink onWednesday night, and, according toone of his closest friends, he didn'tclose his eyes last night.Mick undoubtedly has an attack of
influenza, aggravated by a nervousbreakdown. The latter is declaredto be more serious than the specificillness. The probabilities are thatthe minister will be confined to hisbed for a least a week, if not longer.But the truth is that after five
years of mental and physical strain.Michael Collins has finally caved inand his only chance of regaining hishealth lies in his ability to obtainabsolute rest and quiet for an in¬definite period.
Kitty Gordon to QuitStage For Beauty ShopMINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 25..
Kitty Gordon, famous stage beautyand screen star, will leave the stagein June to open a beauty parlor inMadison avenue. New York city, ac¬cording to announcement made heretoday by her manager. Miss Gor¬don is playing in vaudeville herethis week.
Poincare and GeorgeAgree on Principles
BOULOGNE, France, Feb. 25..Premier Llolyd George and PremierI'oincare reached an agreement uponinternational issues at their confer¬ence here this afternon. It was saidihat a formal communique would beIssued later.
dinTwith speaker.President and Mrs. Harding were
the dinner guests tonight of Speakerof the House and Mrs. Glllett attheir residence here.
The fourth article of theseries by Michael Collins, deal¬ing with the affairs of theIrish Free State, will be print-ed in The Washington Timesnext Sunday. Cable delays pre¬vented its publication today.
RESIDENT CHECKSCUT IN MVY BUDGETCalls Congressmen to White
House and Wins AssentsTo Views.
SOME PRUNING COMING
Wholesale Reduction in Moneyand Personnel Planned
May Be Dropped.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.Internatlvaal N«w» (hrrlN.
- The personal intervention ofPresident Harding became neces¬sary yesterday to save the UnitedStates Navy from some ratherrough surgery at the hands ofeconomy-bent CongressmenThe Navy and the Administra¬
tion became seriously concernedover the talk that has been rifein Congress ever since the arma¬ment. conference of COttinjr navalappropriations for the next year Inhalf, or from $400,000j>00 to $200,-000,000 and the enlisted strengthfrom around 100,000 men to 60,-000 or 60,000.
'V
tlonal peace haa been eetaWlshedthrough the conferenoe treaties,why, asked economical Conjrsee-men, la a greater navy needed?members of the Naval and the Ap¬propriations Committee of theHouse are insistent that Congressshould realize fully upon the bene¬fit* to accrue from the conferenceand save while saving can be donewith safety.Secretary Denbjr's plea, voiced be¬
fore Congress last week, that theappropriations should not be cutbelow $350,000,000, nor the enlistedstrength be cut below 90,000, failedto change these views to any ap¬preciable degree.Yesterday President Harding sum¬
moned members of the House NavalAffairs to the White House for aconference and an exchange ofviews.
Speaks Against Cut.He conveyed the message that
the Administration does not lookwith favor upon a too radicaldiminution of the naval defenses ofthe country, and iio warned againstgoing too far.As a result of the conference. It
was said by Congressional leaderslast night that a compromise willbe worked out between the positiontaken by the Navy Department andby the economy views of Congress.
President Harding Informed hisvisitors that he would be "very re¬luctant" to see the navy reduced be¬low 75,000 or 80,000 men, and thefull complement of officers.He recommended that Congress
itself t&ke no action to reduce thepresent authorized strength of 105,-000 men, holding that it would bewise to conserve the present skele¬ton In order to facilitate rapid ex¬pansion in time of emergency. Headvised that there be no reductionin the present number of officersfor the same reason.quick trainingof men in time of emergency.
Violence Is IncreasingIn South African StrikesIjONDON, Feb. 25..Violence is in¬
creasing in the South Africanstrikes, said a dispatch from Jo¬hannesburg to the Star today. Onethousand additional constables arebeing enrolled for strike duty.
Strikers attacked the home of amining official, kidnapping two per¬sons.
We'll Find Pianos inHeaven, Says Minister
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 25..Music lovers will find pianos Inheaven when they die, and if theycan't play themselves the pianosmay be of the self-playing variety.That is on the statement of the Rev.Dr. James E. Norcross, of New York,field secretary of the general boardof promotion of the northern Baptistconvention, here today.
Mm. Ira* Bom Bailey, Wash¬ington Government worker, whowaa arroM on complaint of herhushsnd, William Henry Bailey,charred with perjury in her saltfor divorce in "Little Reno."
Husband Will LayAgainst Official Before State
Attorney General.
By I1ABVKY L. COBB.(Copyrlcbt, 1121. br Th« Washington
Tim** Company.)Alleging that members of the
Alexandria divorce ring are seek¬ing to prevent him from prosecut¬ing his wife, who. he alleged, com¬mitted perjury In making a falseaffidavit to get a divorce fromhim, William Ilenry Bailey,"victimized" husband of Mrs.Irene Rose Bailey. Governmentworker, will lay his case beforethe Virginia attorney general.Mra. Bailey, pretty employe of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, wasarrested Friday at her desk atFourteenth street and Ohio avenueand locked up in the AlexandriaJail.Should Mrs. Bailey, whose case
will come up for a preliminary hear¬ing March 5, succeeded In having thecriminal warrant against her dis¬missed it would strengthen the posi¬tion of the ring. Knowing this,Bailey charges that Howard W.Smith, Commonwealth attorney ofAlexandria, is not only refusing toprosecute the case, but is assistingcounsel of Mra. Bailey In her de¬fense.
Fights Divorce Ring."Despite the fact that it is the
duty of the Commonwealth attorneyto prosecute all criminal actions,where warrants have been issued,Mr. Smith has refused to take anyaction in the matter and I shall ap¬peal to Attorney General John R.Saunders, at Richmond, for a specialprosecuting attorney in my case,"Bailey said last night.Unable to secure any assistance
from Smith, Bailey employed pri-vate counsel to prosecute the crimInal warrant on which his wife hasbeen arrested.Other charges of "collusion" by
the Commonwealth attorney withmembers of the ring have been madeby Thomas J. Wright, another vic¬tim of the divorce ring, on whosecomplaint a warrant was sworn outfor the arrest of Mary Li. Baggett,Little Reno's Divorce Queen.
Intimidation Is Charged.Wright alleges that he was re
fused any assistance by Smithand that when Mrs. Barrett's prellmtnary trial was heard Smith nolonly refused to assist in theprosecution, but did not even attend the hearing, and It wafnecessary for Wright to emplo>private counsel to press th«prosecution of his warrant foiQueen Baggett.
Bailey and Wright both declarcthat they have been Intimidated b>members of the ring, threatenedwith arrest, and have been namedthat if the cases are pressed the>will be forced to pay alimony tctheir respective wives.
I
cum omieiBLEsTO MITE in II. S.Washington Men Form Fifty-
Million Dollar Air ServiceCorporation.
TWO BIG SHIPS BEING BUILT
Initial Line, New York to Chi¬cago, Will Be Started With¬
in Twelve Months.
By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.The next twelve months will
see in operation the first of anAmerican lino of Riant dirigibleairships, to be operated by thegeneral air 'service, with head¬quarters in this city, a 150,000,000corporation founded by two Wash¬ington men and how backed bysome of the leading business menof the nation.
Two Giant Ships.The service wfll be Inaugurated be¬
tween New York and Chicago by tworiant ships of 4,000.000 cubic feet gascapacity, twice as large as the R-Sl',the giant British dirigible which flewaero. the Atlantic and back In 1»M.These Shlpe are to be fabricated inGermany and erected in this oouatry,yqrte to be started immediately. Tbojr¦win each provide accommodations for100 passengers and thirty tans ofmall and express matter.Qeneral Air Service, an outgrowth
of an Investigation bureau of threeyears' standing, was Incorporatedlast Tuesday under the laws of theState of Maryland. The nationalheadquarters have been establishedin the Commercial National BankBuilding this city.A meeting for election of officers
will be held there, probably duringthe coming week.One of the men active in the com-
pmy's plans is Benedict Crowell,formerly Assistant Secretary of War.head of the American Aviation Mis¬sion to Europe, and president of theAero Club of America. Mr. Crowellexplained the company's alms asfollows:"Our aim Is to provide rigid airship
service to America first, and. as timegoes on. link this continent with therest of the world by aerial routes; aservice supplementing existing meth¬ods of transportation, one which willtraverse space in a minimum of timeand supply a means of travel bothsafe and comfortable.
U. S. Should Lead World."Aerial transportation is Just as
necessary to present-day civilizationas the railroads were to civilizationfifty years ago. In no country In theworld is this new method of transpor-tion more necessary than In theUnited States because of its great ex¬panse of territory and Its numerousurban centers of large size.The United States can and should
lead the world in the rigid airshipfield.The first line to be put Into opera¬
tion, probably early In 1923, will bebetween New York and Chicago, onh ten-hour schedule, It was an¬nounced by Lieut. Clifford A. Tinker,who during the war was acting chiefengineer of naval aviation In Europoand who was connected with theZR-2 trials. Lieutenant Tinker ha*opened offices In this city.
loiter, service will be opened toSouth America and to Europe andacross the Pacific to the Eastern(Continued on Page 8, Column 1 )
Deputy Facta NamesNew Italian Cabinet
ROME, Feb. 25..Deputy Factatoday succeeded In forming a newcabinet with himself as premier andminister of interior.The other members are: Foreign
affairs, Senator 8chanzer; Justice,Lulgi Rossi; public works, De Vitte;treasury, Peano; Industry, T««flloRossi; agriculture, Bertlnl; educa-tion, Anile; finance, Bertone; col-
] onies, Vt-scalea.
German Woman GivesBirth to Quadruplets
1 BERLIN, Feb. 25..The wife of aGerman farmer living at Petnlck,near Berlin, today gave birth toquadruplets, two boys and two girls.'I He in her and nil the ch'Mreti an
Jin excellent physical condition.
IN TAYLOR CASE
HARRY J. FIELDS, l>eln.itprisoner, who ufi William D.Taj l«>r, movie director, wm killedby a Chinese member of * party offour drug addicts whom he droveto the Taylor bungalow.
Having Rejected Sales Tax,G. 0. P. Congressmen Unable
To Finance Legislation.By A. 0. HAYWARD,Inti l Notts SmlM.
Congress la AMI groping aroundto find some #ay to provide asoldiers' bonus, with the task ap¬parently more hopeless than it hasbeen at any time during the pastyear.Having rejected the sales tax,
the eight-point direct tax program,and the bond issue plan of rais¬ing revenue. Republican membersof the committee are milling aroundamong themselves in the hope ofrunning upon some way to getthe necessary money that will proveacceptable to President Harding de¬spite his announced policy of "nosales tax.no bonus."The President's letter to Chair¬
man Fordney advocating the salestax hangs like a pall over the mem¬bers of the committee. They haveturned down the sales tax and nowthey're unable to determine upona scheme to obtain the money thatbonus payments will require.
Last Forlorn Hope.Their last forlorn hope is that
the President will relent to the ex¬tent that he will agree to put hisO. K. on the bonus bill that doesnot carry any specific means ofbringing 111 revenue to balance theoutlay which it will authorize.Chairman Fordney and other
members of the committee expectto confer with the President todayand tomorrow. They will tell himthat the House is ready to pass abonus bill almost immediately, butthat they see no other way ofgetting it through except withoutthe revenue feature. They willpoint to contemplated savings inthe army and navy as a result olthe Washington armament conference and will tell the Presidentthat the money thus saved can beused to pay the bonus.
It is their plan to make thebonus a chargre against the Treas¬ury with the idea that interest recelved by this Government on thedebts of foreign governments can(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
Urges Commission ForEuropean Memorials
President Harding yesterdayasked Congress to enact legislationcreating an American battle monument commission to centralize erec¬tion of memorials in Europe commemoratlng services of the American doughboy.
Letters from Director of theBudget Dawes ard Secretary of WatWeeks urging the legislation weretransmitted by the President t«iSpeaker Gillette of the House.
Boy Killed As IrishRenew Old Battle
BELFAST, Feb. 25..Shooting orthe outskirts of this city was renewed tonight, and Isaac McMillana youth, was killed while walklniIon tho road toward Newton.
NEW PUZZLE ISFOUND IN CASEBY UNCOVERING
I OF TELEGRAMMystery in Fact That Ac¬quaintance Knew of Slaying
Early in Morning.
NOTIFIED FAMILY IN EAST
Once Absolved of Knowledgeof Crime, She Will BeRecalled for Grilling.
By A. CHESTER KEEL.I'nltrrHl Hrrrir*.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26..Newmystery was injected into the pus-zlinjf murder of William DesmondTaylor today when it was learnedthat a telegram had been sent by awoman stating that Taylor hadbeen found dead in his apartmentwith a bullet wound "behind hi*r-irhjLear."
Knew Taylor Long Aft.The woman who sent the wire,
according to sheriff's officers work¬ing on the case, is Miss MarionGraham, of Hollywood, who knewTav'cr as "Pete" Tanner in Larch-mont, N. Y., years ago. Her tele¬gram was sent at 10:08 a. m. o'clockthe day Taylor's body was found toMrs. George A. Freeman, ShippinsPoint, Stanford, Conn., a friend ofTaylor's former wife.Miss Graham was questioned two
days after the murder by deputysheriffs and on the day of Taylor'sfuneral she was taken to the sheriffsoffice and questioned again. Officers
I agreed that the story she told ab¬solved her of any guilty knowledgein connection with the crime.One point on which officers are
seeking more light, however, Is howMiss Graham knew at 10:08 o'clockin the morning that Taylor had beenmurdered. If someone notified herby telephone, the police are interest-ed in their Identity.The officials are mighty interested
in this phase. Although MlMGraham knew Taylor and his wifein Larchmont, N. Y., she saw himonly once In Los Angeles and thedispatch with which she was noti¬fied of the crime seems unusual;they say.
How Did She Know?Taylor's body was found by hla
negro valet, Henry Peavey, at 7:30o'clock. The doctor who was calledsaid Taylor had died from naturalcauses. When Charles Eyton, man¬ager of the film company for whichTaylor directed pictures, arrived, heinsisted that an investigation of thebody be made. The corpse was thenturned over and the wound in theside found. That waa about 9o'clock.
Officials working on the case to¬night expressed doubt as to whetherMiss Graham learned of the crimethrough the newspapers and Corthat reason, plan to question heragain. They also will question sev¬eral other persons in the film worldto learn why they have been so in¬terested in talking to witnesses be¬fore the officials can reach them.Without revealing names they saidthese persons had seriously hamp¬ered them in their work.
Miss Graham's story, as told byChief Deputy Sheriff Manning, fol¬lows:"When my father's financial af¬
fairs became involved we all decidedto do our share to bring in enoughrevenue to keep th*. family together.We had a beautiful property atLarchmont and converted It Into asummer resort. Among the guestswe entertained were Mr. and Mrs.William Deane Tanner and theirtie girl.
Looked Taylor Up."I was about seventeen years old
at that time, and like everybodyelse, was very fond of 'Pete* Taiv
> ner, as all called him. He waa a
| curio dealer then, and had one of
