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Show Move To Annul Pick ford Divorce I in sis Attorney General Charges Conspiracy to Violate Laws of State ,LOS ANGELES MOVIE COLONY INTERESTED What Will Be Status of Star's Relations With Fairbanks Is Question MINDEN, Nev.. April 16 In the interest in-terest of the state of Nevada, a suit, asking that the decree of divorce I granted on March 2, 1920, by District Judge Langan to Gladys E. Moore, more familiarly known as Mary Pick-ford, Pick-ford, from Owen E. Moore, be set aside, will be filed in the district court' i here this afternoon by Leonard B. Fowler, attorney-general. j I Fr,aud is Charged. j The complaint is based on allega-! jtions of fraud,, connivance and collu-l 'sion between Moore, ills wife and! j DouglaFirhnUe HnelM&y.. MQore-w$rmarried a short i '. time after her divoro'e was granted. Fairbanks is brought into the case; through allegations that there wasi i conspiracy between himself and his present wife lo defeat that provision of the California law which requires i that a year elapse before a final decree de-cree of divorce be granted, by having Mrs. Moore get a divorce in Nevada. In that respect, it is alleged in the complaint, that an engagement and agreement to wed existed between Gladys Moore and Fairbanks prior to February 15, 1920. the date on which Mrs, Moore came to Nevada. Other Allegations. Other allegations are that Moore came to Minden solely to be served jwith summons in the suit, that no; 'substantial facts were given in court ( ! to warrant a divorce and that Miss; Pickford concealed her identity from j the judge up to the moment of taking the witness sland. As Judge Langan is one of the witnesses summoned for ithe state, another judge will hear the ! complaint. j Los Angeles Watching, j LOo ANGELES, April 16. Considerable Consid-erable speculation was indulged in, .here among the motion picture folk as to what will bo the status of the rela-Itions rela-Itions between Mary Plcfcford and her new husband, Douglas Fairbanks. I should the petition of the slate of Ne- j Jvada be granted and Mary's divorce! : decree be set aside. J j Two Husbands. j If the decree is set aside, then Mary is still the wife of Owen Moore, andj she will be in tho position of a wo-I wo-I man with two husbands. In this case iDouglns Fairbanks will be the sceond or illegal husband, It i3 declared. But. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks do not seem to be worrying much. Mrs1. Fairbanks Fair-banks has an attorney to represent her and she will fight the move to have her decree set aside- The actress declares there was no violation of the laws of either California or Nevada In connection with her divorce decree |