Show popular mo- mo moI I pIcture r occurred In a n al Los j Angeles Thursday I II I i ii i WAllY REIDS REID'S DEATH SHOCKS ME MOVIE Famous Actors of Pay Tribute To Popular Star PLUCKY FIGHT FAILS Elks To Conduct Public Funeral Body To Be Cremated r LOS ANGELES GELES Jan 19 o today mourned the passing esterday of Wallace allace Reid motion picture star sIal whose hose de death th ended his long battle hattle foi Cor health after abandoning the use oC oCI ol habit forming drugs I Ills IUs death came as he lay in the j arms of oC his wife kno known knon n in the screen world ai aJ Dorothy Da and mumbled in lum lafter he had lum Good Good plase please He had hadi been unconscious for Cor many hours hour but In his last talk talle with his wife Ife when hen his mind was as clear he seemed to be aware relatives said sahl that death was waa almost upon him At that time lime he said Tell them J I have ha won my that fight fight II have come back t He had affectionately called I since the birth of their son Cl five Cle e ears ago MINY Y P UD eO es o all phases ol of mo- mo mo motion tion picture or work offered theIr S s ni- ni pathy to his widow little Billy amI Ithe the daughter the the- Ia time ago to the ded actor ere I wore man many We Ve have hae ha e lost one ot Of oui greatest said Jesse Jcsse L Lasky The motion picture art has sut- sut a great loss said Carl Laemmle Some ot oC the tI ot or mo movie moIe Ie stars were I I I II I I I 1 I I I row I teel feel Charlie Chap Chaplin In My Iy heartfelt S goes out outto to Mrs Held Harold Harold Llo d This la Is one of ot the saddest things I ha have hae e ever nov known n e Rob Rob- Roberts Roberts erts He He was a charming bo boy a gleat Mary The motion picture has an irreparable loss Douglas loss Douglas Fairbanks banks SOX SON OF or PLAYWRIGHT PL The son of oC Hal Held the famous did not want vant to be ue an actor it Is said but desired to be a motion 11 picture I never neer ne er wanted to 10 be an actor friends quoted him an and 1 I still don t tant ant to be an actor The promoters the shape hape o of mv nose or some some- something something thing and I was powerless to do hat whaI I wanted anted to do But the they are not 10 to get away a ay with Hh it 1 The are not going to ruin Ill nii life like thc dId Ill nil fathers Cather s He Hc could have ha been beena a gl gleat eat pIa playwright 1 rIght but the they t let him Some of oC the thc bay got him to write a and It n II big lilt hil the they'd d ne nePI ne ei PI take an- an any anything thing else from Crom him In just the Ily they Ignored my illY desiro to be ue a director They put me out as an a ac actor tor and made mone money out of o m mi utter I was doomed But Ill I'll ho em One of oC these days Ill I'll bf bp fi CI ee to do as I like and that will bo be the of oC mv i I 1 LH or 01 II hS hSI I Reid was a member of oC Los Angeles No o 99 Benevolent Bene and Order Ordel of oC Elk Elks and anel It was as nn- nn an announced e the lodge would conduct pub public lic he Saturday y noon The body will be CI In accordance to Held s wishes and the ashes I probably sent east cast I The direct cause ot oC death accord according ing to Mr 1111 Reid s Dr G GS ling SHerbert Herbert was JS congestion ot oC th lungs and s which resulted the actor actors s collapse apse when hen he eD- eD en orld to oft oCt the use of oC nar- nar narcotics nar 1 Idea i Held who ho was sl sl feel eel tall lall and I hose normal weight eIght was Pounds 60 pounds before beCore the end came to a a week Hek ago relatives e said he was Improving and would be able to work in the tho studio ot oC the Fil- Fil FilI Fa Famous Pla PIa ers Lasky COI by July at nt th 1 ta t I I WIl WINN I G IGI G GI I m winning the fight Mamma Il the 10 Invariable greeting to his when hen she called on him Mr Held said her husband contracted the drug habit during an Illness nearly t 0 sears ears agol He Ill was a working on In November ember when hen he collapsed Ho was as a advised lod to take a long reat and started on a mountain trip Ith Ors Held add Tedd his trainer and H H II Muller On his return to Los Angeles his condition sho ing no ement he Ie went to the san san- sanitarium san sanitarium belore Christmas his family made public the cause of o hi his break brea- breakdown do down n Mrs rs Reid Held declaring she be- be be believed the Information might aid In arousinG the American people to the of oC suppressing the narcotic |