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The New York herald., 1922-03-14
BROOKLYN GAS WINS
SUIT AGAINST RATES
United States Supreme Court
Rules State Order Is
Confiscatory.

WASHINGTON. March 1a--The appeal
brought by the Attorney General Of New
York and the District Attorney Of Kings
county TO have reviewed the decision of
the United States District Court in the
Brooklyn Union GasH Company case
holding the statutory gas rates OF New
York confiscatory was dismissed to-day
by the Supreme Court.
The action OF the court in the Brook
lyn Union case was based on the SUI
prene Courts decision on the Consoli-
dated Gas Company cases, in which it
held the rates fixed by the State were
confiscatory.
The State and Brooklyn city officials
sought to except the Brooklyn Union
case from that decision by contending
that the company should have used in
1918 and 1919, during the period Of
high operating costs, portion OF It's
contingency" fund. which, II was as
serted, had accumulated out OF its lib
eral surplus earnings during prior PROS
porous years. Had this fund been re-
sorted to- they insisted. there would
have been sufficient funds available to
when the State rates were confiscatory.
The company asserted the surplus had
been invested in extensions and inl-
provements and that 1t was not held az
fund.
Issue of Mandate Asked.
Brief argument was heard by the
court on the motion made by the Con-
solidated to have the mandate of the
court giving effect to its decisions OF
last Monday issued Immediately instead
OF postponed for the customary thirty
days. The attention of the court was
directed TO the fact that briefs have
been filed asking it to rehear the Con-
soidated and related cases.
Counsel for the Consolidated urged
the Importance of prompt action. so that
the impounded fund would be available,
whereas counsel for the District Attor-
ney Of Kings county, speaking for that
official In the Brooklyn Union cases
urged the court to withhold the mandate
until after It decided whether 1t would
reopen the cases already disposed Of.
Chief Justice Taft said the court would
take the motions under consideration.
State Railroad Decision.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
was llelu lO-udy Dy Lnt Dupttul6 GUuTL
to be without authority to authorize or
compel the abandonment of a strictly
State railroad.
The decision. which was handed down
In a case brought by the State of Texas
against the Eastern Texas Railroad
Company to prevent that railroad from
dismantling under an order issued by
the commission, declared that where q
railroad lies entirely within a single
State. is owned and operated by cor
poration of that State and is not a part
of another line. and where its continued
operation cannot be of more than local
concern. the commission was without
jurisdiction.
Interstate and foreign commerce viii
not be burdened or affected by any
shortage in the earnings. nor will any
carriers In such commerce have to bear
or make good the shortage of the
Eastern Texas Railroad, Justice Van
Devanter stated In delivering the opin-
Ion. to which there was no dissent
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gold from the sea, but had failed of
cooperation because of the incidental
expense. The beauty of Jernegan's
scheme had been It's inexpensiveness.
Business languished. Wall Street
was Jernegan's objective. but Wall
Street, having troubles of its own at
the time, was baking. Jernegan con-
tined to canvas the country districts.
getting 500 here and as much as $500
there. He would take anything from
dollar to $1,000. He saw the end in
sight and was determined upon a
cleanup.
Suddenly in the summer OF 1898 he
vanished. The stock of the Electroly-
tic Marine Salts Company which had
scared to SO, fell TO 90 cents, and
then disappeared utterly. There was
the usual scramble and the regulation
lamentatlon. At least s1.000,000 in
cash had found it's way into Jernegan's
pocket Probably that much more
had been expended by capitalists to
erect the plant and meet the overhead
expenses OF the exploitation during
the year that it fourished.
Overwhelmed by His own Plan.
Later on It was discovered that one
OF the reasons that Jernegan couldn't
keep going was that he had made the
mistake of growing too fast. The mo-
ment he entered the bigger plant in
Lubec he found that the close liaison
between himself and his diser. Fisher.
had been interfered with. There were
too many people involved. 1t would
have been better to have kept on OPP
Grating in small way.
Now and then the buckets had failed
to bring up gold. That was because
Fisher couldn't get away to salt them
Besides IL required more than a single
cable to guide Fisher through this
deeper water to the bucket. The big
ger the plant the more embarrassing
were the difficulties. Besides Phelan
was trying TO convince the authorities
that the scheme was crooked. and It
took him a whole year TO move them
10 official investigation.
So Jernegan, overwhelmed by the
monster he had reared, fed. He
turned up in Havre with his wife and
son. He remained In France under
the name OF Louis Sinclair and was
supposed 10 have taken about 100000
with him, but so chaotic were the
affairs OF the Electrolytic Marine Salts
Company that this can be but a guess.
Jernegan solicited and received sub
scriptions that the company never
heard Of
Jernegan became involved in several
shady deals while In Europe, and il
supposed to have been the victim OF
schemes as wild as his own. How
much money he lost Is only a conjec-
ture. but, according to his own story
later he invested a certain amount in
an English company that purported to
have found a way to extract gold from
sea water. This may or may not be
the truth.
The fact is. however. that the Amer
lean authorities found IL impossible TO
extradte Jernegan. and about 1902 he
bobbed UP in the state of Washing
ton, where, under an assumed name.
he tried 70 get position teaching
school. Somehow or other his iden-
titv became known and he fled to Man
itoba. In 1903 he went TO the Philip
pines. where he managed to get a
place in the Manila Normal School ut
a salary Of $500 a year.
lie left that post within a year and
there the trail ends. This much is
known. when Jernegan appearedyin
Manila he was penniless.
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Navy Orders
Special Dispatch TO THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., March 13.

day:
CAPTAIN.
Taussig, Joseph X. TO Philadelphia.
COMMANDERS.
Daniels, Joseph r.. TO home.
Patrick. Bower r., to Philadelphia. Pa.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS.
Cake. Stuart W., to U. S. S. Arizona.
Haynes. James p, to medical aid. Ameri-
can High Commissioner at Port au Prince,
Haiti.
LIEUTENANTS.
Hill. Patrick, to Philadelphia.
Meyers, Richard r.. TO Philadelphia.
Morrison, James H.. to ". 8. 9. Antares
Johnson, Herman W., Pearl Harbor, T. II.
wood, Upton L., to u. 8. 8. Birmingham.
Evans. John B., to ". g, $. Beaufort
Kellogg, Clyde j.. relieved from active duty
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PASSENGER STEAMERS SAILED.

CEDRIC tBr). from Queenstown 18th for
New York.
KOREA MARU CJap), from Yokohama 9th
for San Francisco.
METAGAMA tBr), from Liverpool 1ith. for
81 John, NIB.
oRBITA CBr). from Hamburg nth for New
York.
RocHAMBEAU tFr). from Havre .iih for
New York.
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Dangers to Navigation.

tReported to the photographic Office.l
Ice patrol vessel Seneca reports as follows
under date OF March II Field fee may be
met within the following areas: Lat 90, lon
40, TO lat a., Ion 40. to lat 40. lon 80, to lat
~ 20, Ion 5S, 70 Cape Canso. Two bergs and
GROWERS, lat ~ 10. Ion 4S 20. drifting south
along east side OF Great Bank.
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CABLE REPORTS.
PASSENGER STEAMERS ARRIVED.

CELTIC tBr), at Liverpool 18th.
EMPIRE STATE, at Hong Kong i1th.
MCCALL HELLAS tGreek), at Algiers 2sth
Ia LORRAINE tFr). at Havre 18Th.
UNITED STATES (DaD, at Christiansand
18th.
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Bound East.

Schr Athalie, New York for Greenport
Schr General Torbert. New York for Port
jefferson.
Tugs Chas McWilliams, with barges Cat
$50 AND; Narragansett, with Cat 800
AND
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
PASSED CITY ISLAND.
Bound South.

Schr Edward Baird, Jr, Stamford for
New York, to Gilnartin & Co.
Schr Isaac Sherwood. Roslyn for New
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Glib Tongue wins victims.


II must be explained first, however.
that long before Jernegan staged his
demonstration for the Middletown
business men in Narragansett Bay he
the mere lightness of his tongue, had
taken the pledges and money Of sew
eral hundred clergymen, school teach
ers, women with small annuities and
even supposedly shrewd business men.
Apparently he applied such moneys
Immediately to his personal wants, for
when Phelan was introduced to him
he was quite penniless. Moreover, he
was worrying lest the two Middletown
prospects should not be satisfied with
TIE coming demonstration. IT is more
or less difficult to gauge the precise
amount Jernegan extracted from the
gullible public, inasmuch as he kept
no books.
However, the demonstration was
quite a success. AT the end OF a wharf
extending from small rocky island
near the shores OF Narragansett Bay
a rough, three sided shack had been
erected. In the floor Of tho pier trap
door had been cut permitting anything
lowered therefrom TO sink into nine
feet OF water. Within the shack was
windlass to be used to lower and
hoist the bucket. Furthermore, there
was home made electric battery and
good sized box incloslng the mys-
terry. The mystery, of course, was
.Jernegan'S Later on II developed
that the box contained nothing but
metal junk. but 1t looked impressive
from the outside
From the home made battery ex-
tended several platinum wires which
ran mysteriously through the plank
ing of the pier. or course, they we're
erely a part OF the general hokum.
but they, too, seemed impressive.
From a wharf on the mainland. and
The New York herald., 1922-03-14
OF SWINDLE
COULD SEE REAL GOLD
IN SEA WATER BUCKET
Deposed New England Minister Deluded Thousands of
Small and Large Investors Before New York
Herald Pmctured His Bubble of Extracting
Metal From Ocean by Secret Process.

article Of series supplementary to the
crookedness of the bucket shops which
recently published These articles will
winders and
details of sndng schemes in the How these preyed
public should forgotten Another article in this
series will be published at ar early date
The New York herald., 1922-03-14

Engande the older generation
bucket shop
water?
he was! And wha a the
unhnking
should have coaxed than
pockets garng
gerichquick prestdgas little
subtle.
air and the
The New York herald., 1922-03-14

saw mercury lowered In bucket INTO
the surf and you saw 1t hauled up
with the mercury laden with gold.
That is more than you get In a bucket
shop.
The Rev. p. r. Jernegan occupied
the pulpit OF Baptist Church In Mid
dletown, Conn. He was regarded as
somewhat eccentric. His sermons
were sensational in a day when to de-
part from the literal word Of the
gospels was teresy not to be condoned
nor even tolerated. Eventually he
preached q sermon wherein he took
exception to the New Testament ver-
sion Of the resurrection and his con-
gregation expelled him. Then followed
several years In which the activities
and trace of him is lost.
Forms Marine Salts Company.
But In September. 1896. Prescott F.
Jernegan appeared in the small towns
of New England hawking the stock
of what became the Electrolytic Ma
rine Salts Company. His headquar-
ters consisted of hemlock shack at
Mantle and his song was simple He
had he assured the lambs, discovered
a simple process whereby an electric
current properly applied to mercury
submerged In the salt water of the
open sea would produce gold or, to be
more accurate. would attract the free
gold that every one believed to abound
in the oceans water. or course. the
process was a secret. IT was Jerne-
gan's own brain child and. naturally
enough, II must be preserved to It's
discoverer. Nothing could be fairer
than that, surely.
Subsequently THE NEW YORK HERALD
unmasked Jernegan and his scheme,
thereby saving thousands and maybe
millions of dollars for credulous sal
aried folk and small business men WHO
were clamoring for an opportunity to
get rich quickly with Jernegan. Herein
the facts given to the public by THE
NEW 1DRh IlEhALD NldGlS ddciudstiy
proved and which caused Jernegan to
sneak off to Europe) win be ad-
hered to.
1t seems that William Phelan, de-
tective. was approached by one Charles
f. Fisher. by profession a deep sea
diver, who, at the time was engaged
as a floor walker in a Brooklyn depart
ment store. Phelan, big, sturdy fell
low, was desired for his strength OF
arm and his keenness of eye and mind
With him safely within the scheme
physical safety would be assured. But
Fisher did not say this to Phelan. He
told the detective that this man Jerne-
gan had perfected a scheme whereby
the free gold in the water of the oceans
might be collected by electrolysis.
Would Phelan care to be made rich?N
PheIan, being quite human, agreed
to give the scheme the benefit of his
personal observation and Fisher took
him to Jernegan in Mantle. Two Mid
dletown, Conn. business men, one a
florist and the other a jeweler, lad
agreed to give Jernegan the necessary
financial start provided a demonstra-
ton indicated the venture to be worth
while. But Jernegan's name In Con
necticut was somewhat below par and
he decided to move to Rhole Island
Later on II found what was to be its
permanent plant in Lubec, Me.
The New York herald., 1922-04-16

tired has lis portrait painted, some signs
OF interest in life in OIL are detected
among fashionable New York women.
1t is predicted that when the increasing
vogue of portraits for the fair sex Is
fully appreciated in art circles there VIII
be an influx or foreign portraitists.
Time was when the heads OF families
left as a token OF affection full length
painting OF themselves when they en-
barked for the other shore. This mark
Of consideration has been neglected for
a generation or two. with the result that
the vast majority OF our leading citizens
do not az yet appear on canvas. That
the camera should be required to hand
down the li1eneSSeS OF tile departed
great seems deplorable.
AS recently pointed out by Mr.. Steven
gon Scott. the family wealth in England
has been materially helped by the
possession Of portraits by celebrated
artists. The Briton has felt IT duty
10 his heirs TO leave an adequate Ike
ness behind him as q permanent record,
say, as the founder OF the estate AS
compared with the simple expedient OF
the daguerreotype. adopted In our civil
war times and earlier, tho English Gus
tom certainly has its advantages.
Gilbert Stuart. who painted famous
portraits OF washington. Adams. Jeffer-
son. Madison, Mrs. Washington and
others, II is true, has few equals among
present day artists. Nevertheless a tour
OF the Fifth avenue galleries reveals
numerous portraits by Americans OF
ability.
The arrival Of Ambrose McEvoy TO
these shores two years ago stimulated
more interest IN portraits and the Eng
Itch artist received many important COM
vs. -san w. N
ing OF appreciation for the portrait
comes the hope that American leaders
Of finance, political life, industry. edu-
cation and art will adopt the old custom,
for It is now that we are coming to have
traditions. and We should be taught to
cherish them. Like the public monu-
mert. the portrait occupies an important
place wherever records are Kept.
The Palisades Art Association will
hold it's second annual exhibition In the
Engiewood Club. New Jersey. from April
% until the 30th inclusive. The exhibi-
ton will consist of paintings in oil and
water color and drawings in pastel and
black and white, as well as sculpture.
This IS the second annual exhibition,
and 1t Is safe TO predict II Will prove
even more popular than the first. held
last spring.
Characteristic work will be shown by
the following men and women prominent
in the art world: Mrs. Graham Sumner.
Mrs. Helen Park Stockman, Van Deer
Ing Perrine. Mahonri Young, Peter New
ell. G. G. r. Roth. Sheppard, Fisher, &c.
The exhibition OF last year attracted
many art lovers from New York. The
public at large is invited. The exhibition
win bc open from r. ~. to 10 T. NJ,
April % until the goth. inclusive.
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Notes and Activities
In the World of Art

Artists of Greenwich Village will ex-
hibit their painting and sculpture at
Greenwich House. 81 Barrow street
from April 24 10 May :. About seventy
FIVE well known neighborhood artists
have accepted tho invitation to join In
this community exhibit. Such crafts as
weaving, ironwork, stained glass and
jcwelry will also be displayed.
This viii be the first centenary cele-
bration of the Village. which dates from
the summer OF 1922. Instead Ct the an
nuals pagent looking toward the past
Greenwich House Is substituting a sur
veg Of the present in which the Village
puts its best foot forward. Much il
known OF the tea shops OF New York .
Latin Quarter: the city scarcely realizes
how many real artists have their homes
there.
The first and second floors OF the set
tloment house, rooms decorated by jack
Arthur Crisp. Augustus Vincent and
Jack and Eugene Savage, viii be turned
into o gallery. There will be a spe-
cial feature each day OF interpretatfve
dancing, music or draniatlcs.
The exhibit will be open to the public
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
Among the Exhibitions
On the Art Lovers List

Waite. Griffin. who has won an i'm
portant place in American art, exhibits
again in the galleries OF f. X. NJ. REIN
and repeats the success ne had there
last spring. His color y as rich and
unctuous as ever, and his presentation
OF the subject Is accomplished in large
way.
one OF the most perfect of his new
pictures Is a small canvas bearing a
view OF the harbor OF La Rochelle, in
France The colors in this are as glow
ing as those OF stained glass or iE
enamel, and the composition Is so salts
factory that one does not think about
It. One OF the too few American pic
lures Is a study OF "Old Houses. Stroud
water" which Is con1mandingly executed
ir, the style made known 70 us by the
exhibition OF last year.
The annual exhibition by the members
OF the Whitney Studio Club is the best
exhibition that the club has ever turned
out It Is so good. in fact. that the
amateur element Is almost wholly elm
mated and the atmosphere becomes as
professional as that Il, any show further
up town. In q way this years show
viii do as O standard of the professon-
alism that the Whitney studio Club can
reach when Il wishes, and so next year
can go back to the uncertainties and
charms OF the beginners.
The beginners do not get good notices.
II is true. but IL is an immense pleasure
70 see the way in which they enjoy their
shows themselves.
The pictures that stard out In the
current exhibition are by we'll known
people. Rockwell Kent submits a
"Eerkshire Winter" scene painted In
a crisp, direct fashion Leon Krou serds
his Byronic Interpretation Of Leo Orn-
stein: Ii. L. Schnatenberg signs an hon
est ard finely coiored still life Ann
Coldthwaite submits an amusing glimpse
or life in "Boquehonlo." wherever that
may be: Dorothy Hunt sends two bril-
liant chair backs, and Joseph Stella g
cubistic creation upon glass entitled
Man on tho Elevated"
Glen coienlan's East Side Is full OF
The sympathetic vet satirical touches
that now creep 90 plentifully into his
work: After the Shower" by j, Torres
Garcia, is slight but charming; tho
Hotel Lobby" by George G. Ault. is
amusingiy quaint and naive; the Mon
hegan Harbor," by Henrietta NJ. Shore.
contains crisp brush work; the Natives
IN Boats" by Pop Hart. Is one OF this
artists best things the wooden panel
BY Robert Laurent Is a delightful
carving. and other interesting perform
ances are b. the following painters.
Charles Nf Johnson. Edward Hopper,
Clement Wilanchick, Allan Tucker, Hay
The New York herald., 1922-04-16
New Portraits by
Miss Cecilia Beaux

Women painters invariably iske Of
fense at being Idly rated 'the best
woman painter of New York ety. or
'best woman painter in Anlericq,' right
ly claiming that tho merit OF 4 picture
has nothing to do with the sex Of the
artist But however that may be, ii has
been so long the custom TO l-bcl Miss
Cecilia Beaux the "best woman por-
traitist in America" that there seems
to be no particular reason TO break from
the phrase just now.
Certainly her exhibition III the Arden
Galleries does not change her status. II
has been arranged chiefly 10 give New
Norkers an opportunity TO SEQ the new
portrait OF "Irs. D." recently acquired
by the Boston Mus cum Of Fine Arts.
This Is Il spirited full length. with cush-
ions a glimpse out OF 4 window and
other accessories. all done dashingly.
Another new work is group portrait OF
d young man debating some literary
effort to n most superior Young lady
uinanucnsis, clad in royal purple velvet
and with an antique ornament of prico
suspended upon a slender neck chain.
This young lady takes the dlctation upon
d typewriter. which gives Miss Beaux
all opportunity TO snow now Glcycfly
she can paint modern SIN life. II Is
without doubt tho very best typewriter
that has appeared in American painting
Miss Beaux's art has been dissected
SO many times that there IL no need
to 60 deeply into II 1T present, further
than TO hint that II may very Well be
yaugcd IN the present collection.
strangely enough. Miss Beaux succeeds
bettor with men than with women. III
the portraits Of women there u almost
always some spot OF the picture that
drifts into confusion. IL is always pain
terlllse. and approached IN paintcflike
way. but either a head s too much eni-
phasized or the spectators cyc II bcwil-
derod by an array OF Items In the pie
turc. Interesting enough in themselves,
that are not quite related together. In
the study or a wonan's head In this eA
hlbition. this fault is 50 pronounced that
there actually seems 70 be q blur across
the mouth made accidentally while the
paint was still wet. Ia the portrait ~
men this mlshap never occurs, and the
"Richard Watson Gilaer," the "Dr
Charles T.. Dana and the portrait or
the gentleman IN white nanncls careES-
Ing rAt. are she facst ernmnlAte md
-at'sfr ~ things s!iss'- BeauN nuu
showA
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Guillaun1in's Vigorous Art
Shown at Durand-RueIS

''Ey set OF curious chances the
work OF Armand Guilaumin, one Of the
original group OF French ilnpressionists
and an important member of that
group. is still insufllciently known in
America. If am not mistaken there is
not an example OF his style in the Met
ropolitan Museum yet Theodore Duret
devotes a whole chapter to an account
OF Guillaunins participation in the
famous movements
This neglect Is partly due to n set
of unusual circumstances. GuillauInin,
like most OF the other irnpressionists,
lived in most humble style, but after
sharing In the early and now famous
battles with the Philistlnes for a while
was fortunate enough to win one of the
big prizes in lottery, gaining a sum
sufficient for him to retire to the coun-
try with his wife and family and de-
vote himself entirely TO painting.
He gave himself up unreservedly 20
art without a thought OF the boule-
wards and what people were saying; so
much so that after decade or two OF
retirement he was practically forgot,
while Manet. Monet and the others were
becoming famous. All this time he was
assiduous1y at work. and when later on
certain connosseurs recognized again
ing it was not easy to convince the
public that Guillaumin's place rightfuily
belonged with Renoir, Plssarro. Sisley
and the great impressionists. In France
he is now finally famous, but the
work OF propagandism has stiil TO be
done for him in America.
Cuillaumln uses most vigorous color,
and in his later pictures approaches
nearer to the palette Of Monet than
to any Of the other men In the group.
He is iandscapiss who is avid for all
OF natures moods, painting winter and
summer and recording all the changes
from early morn till dewy eve. The
present collection in the Durand-Ruel
Galleries win serve to give en- idea OF
his strength TO present day collectors.
1t includes many works painted at Cro-
zant, In the middle OF France. near
Limoges, and many that were the re-
suit of a stay In Provence. One Of
these last. with a finely modelled study
OF roadway by the sea, Is especially
RI arncteriStic.