MARY PICK! ORD'S
DIVORCE DECREE
MAY BE REVOKED
Reno, Nev., April 7 A suit to set
aside the decree of divorce granted
to Mary Pickford, now Mrs. Douglas
Fairbanks, will he filed next week toy
the attorney general of Nevada, ac
cording to a statement made today
by Robert Richards, deputy attorney
general, who has been investigating
the circumstances under which the
decree was granted.
The suit will be based on allega
tions that collusion and conspiracy
were resorted to in conducting the
case and that because of the insuffi
ciency of the residence of the other
party to the case the court failed to
acquire Jurisdiction..
"As a result of the examination I
have made of the files and records in
the Pickford case," said Deputy Attorney-General
Richards, "I am sat
isfied that the decree Is not valid be
cause the court had not acquired
Jurisdiction and because collusion and
conspiracy were resorted to. A suit
to set aside the decree will be filed
by Attorney General Fowler about
the middle of next week."
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
An interesting computation has
been made by the Railway Age
showing how the earnings of the rail
roads by days of the month are disr
posed of. On the basis of 1919 earn
ings, it says:.
"The earnings of 17 days of eaeh
month were paid to labor In wages.
'The earnings of 3 days were paid
for fuel.
"The earnings of 8 days were pala
out for materials and supplies,
The -earnings of IJi days were
paid out for taxes and equipment; and
facility rents.
"This consumed the earnings of 27
days of each month.
