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The New York herald., 1922-12-13

Hale and Kerrigan, received word In
Bayshore that the two operatives were
working in Freeport" Joining the
party at Long Beach few hours auer
the dry navy craft left Far Rockaway'
Miss Premm declared she had been
offered a bribe II she would duck out
of Bayshore for the day"
Hale and Kerrigan are in Freeport.
the bootlegger is quoted as having SAID
TO her "Iy you'll get in your car and
duck out OF Bayshore for the day ~
pay you six dollars a case on 100 cases.
Browsing along the creeks at Long
Beach late last night the dry agents en-
countered number OF "boatmen.' VINO
willingly chatted about "how cry TINS
coast is getting TO be-" !,
Arrival Of the dry agents on the pank
of a creek two miles from Long beach
was expectedN "Lookouts'' by means of
red lanterns had flashed the news OF
their approach Two men with lantern
We're awaiting the operatives when their
automobile drew up at the liquor pier.
Greeks arc freezing up. commented
one of the men. "Havens pulled load
in her in a week This ice knocks us for
"A goal Well have to anchor up for the
winter
From wireless stations controlled by
the whisky syndicate men. on Long Is
land instructions apparently have beent
sent to the whisky armada to cruise
southwark toward Brunswick, Ga. The
matter of provisioning the ve%els IN the
Liquor slotilh.," one ''boatman told the
agents. is becoming more acute. be
cause we can't slip our dories to sea
without being watched
That's why the mother ships have
got order to play south" continued the
seaman. 1.-THE game has become pretty
hard along here. Police have been grab
hing trucks that Ncarry the stuff into
New York. Naturally. the big boys
cant stand the expense of transporting
the stuff ashore and then take the FISK
of losing 1t"
Activities of the prohibition navy next
week will be extended to the New Jersey
coast. Mr.. Hale said. Three new boats
viii be put into service to catch block
ade running craft that attempt TO bring
in cargoes of whisky from the 'mother
ships" he asserted.
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
AGENTS MUST DRY UP
BROOKLYN OR RESIGN
New Chief Cipss Ulfimatun,
as He Starts Drive.

More rigid enforcement of the Vol.
stead law In Brooklyn was ordered
yesterday by James S. Green new chief
OF the Brooklyn enforcement staff Dry
agents in the department received an
ultlmatum saying that unless they pro-
duced results they would be dropped
from the force. Mr.. Green succeeded
william y. Lord. who becomes gen.
eral agent after serving a year as head
OF the Brooklyn office.
Il. C. Yellowley. director for New York
State. has promised additional men for
the Brooklyn staff. The force. he said.
may be increased 10 twenty-five men
within tho next two days
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
PARLEY ON DRY LAW
is SET FOR JANUARY
President to Issue Call to
Governors Early in the
Month.
Special Dispatch to, THE New YosK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Dispatch to- THE NEW YosK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. y. c.. Dec. IL.
The conferences OF State Governors 70
be called by President Harding to con-
sider ways Of enforcement of the prohi-
bition amendment and Volstcad act will
take place here IN January, probably
near the end of the month. The Presi-
dent expects to issue the call carly IN
the month.
Concident with this announcement
there was an unexpected fareup in the
Senate which threw new light on the
situation with which the conference will
deal.
In the debate on the Treasury appro.
priation bill Senator Broussard Oa)
made frontal attack on the Anti-Sa-
loon League. He quoted DR.. Perley A.
Baker general superintendent of the
lea que. as stating recently In New Or
leans that 20 per cent. OF the Federal
Judges should be in the pentcntiary ut
hard labor or impeached for violations
Of the dry laws.
He quoted Wayne Il. Wheeler. general
counsel or the league, to( the erect that
the percentage of prohibition agents
killed on duty Is greater than the per-
ccntage OF American soldiers slain dur
ing the world war. Senator Broussard
quoted DR.. Baker as saying:
"These scoundrels who sit on the
bench, and use the term advisedly, are
drunkards themselves. | hold them re-
sponsible for the shooting down of 900
splendid law enforcement officers during
the last year."
Senator Broussard then said: Nov
|. seems to me that no man holding q
responsible position has q. right to ar
raign 90 per cent. Of the Federal Judges
and call them scoundrels and drunkards.
II that be assisting in creating respect
for the law, then am much mistaken"
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
COURT FINES SIX MEN
BUT DOUBTS GUILT
Attorney Pays $2,IOO LeUied
in Liquor Case.

After telling the prisoners he did not
believe they were guilty Of the charges
upon which they were convicted. William
f. Bleakley. County Judge at White
Plains. yesterday assessed fines totaling
s2.100 against six seanen from the yacht
Bat. recently seized at New Rochelle
with a $4,000 liquor cargo The fines
were paid by Mortimer c. O'Brien. attor-
ney for the prisoners. When O'Brien
offered the money. Judge Bleakley asked
him whence II came. -
''It is my own money" replied O'Brien.
II cannot assume" said Judge Bleak
ley. that you are conducting charita-
BILE institution. I believe you men are
innocent of the charges. You are tools
of men higher up
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
Too Many
"Perhapses

IF you DO NOT make a
Z i WILL the LAW will
dispose of your estate, per-
hapS as you would have
wished-perhaps not.
If you make a WILL and
name an individual exc
cutor, pc, haps he may be
able to spare enough time
from his own business to
handle the many and in
tricate problems that are
sure to arise-perhaps he
may not.
1t follows that if you have
a decided preference as to
where your money shall
60, you must make a
WILL. And if you would
safeguard your heirs from
the natural limitations of
an individual executor, by
naming this Trust Com
pany as co-executor with
him, you will furnish the
needed protection.
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
DONECAN LOCKED UP
ON COURT DECISION
Had Appealed Sentence of 10
Years and SOS 900 Fine.

The United States Circuit of Appeals
handed down decision yesterday con-
firning the conviction of Edward Done
gan OF 1921 Twelfth street. Brooklyn,
who was sentenced to ten years in the
Federal prison at Atlanta and to pay
a fine of $4,000 about a year ago. fol-
lowing his conviction Of grand larceny.
He was accused of stealing the records
in the office of the chief prohibition Of
ficer for this district A bench war
rant signed by Judge John G. Knox Of
the United States District Court was
served on Donegan last night. and he
was locked up. q
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
BARTENDER FAILS TO
FILE ASSAULT CLAIM
RachoWsky Under Indictment
for Alleged Assault.

stephen Rachowsky, bartender,
struck IN the face by John Il. Kerrigan.
a prohibition agent, for an alleged at
tempt to walk out of the prohibition
prisoners room at the Federal building,
failed to appear yesterday before John
NJ. Cashin. Assistant United States At
torney. and file complaint against his
assailant
Rachowsky is one Of three men all
legged to have attacked dry agents Will
lam McCay and Peter Reager when they
raided his saloon in East Thirty-first
street Friday
The New York herald., 1922-12-13
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
PREPARES MORE BILLS
Outlines Demands to Be Made
on State Legislatures.

The Anti-Saloon League OF New York
issued a statement last night, signed by
David James Burrcll as president and
George Caleb Moor as secretary. saying
that at recent meeting of the Board
OF Directors the following legislative
program for the coming session OF the
Legislature at Albany was adopted:
ITO endeavor to secure the passage
of % the enabling triplets, three bills
to authorize cities. villages and towns
to enact ordinances in aid Of the en-
forcement of any statute of the State or
of the United States; (2) the Hooch-
Murder bill. making a person who sells
what purports to be drinkable alcoholic
liquor which kills the purchaser, punish
able for murder.
ITO oppose: G) the repeal of the
Mullan- Gage State enforcement code {;
(2) the passage OF any resolution which
falsely and unfairly represents the peo-
pie Of the State Of New York as in IA
vor OF modification OF the Volstead act
(3) the submission OF any sham referen-
dunn which amounts merely to straw
vote and binds nobody and nothing.
THE board advises further: l. Tnat
the CONSTITUENCY OF the league demand
that their State Senators ana Assembly
men support the proposal to restore the
direct primary for State offices; 2.
that the friends OF law and order
throughout the State demand that their
Republican representatives in both
Houses of the State Legislature insist
upon a party caucus whenever the same
is necessary to prevent the Republican
party from being betrayed into SEEM
ing advocacy OF beer notification in de-
fiance of the overwhelming sentiment
OF the party membership. and 3. that
a nda
of law engage in the concerted discus
sion OF the Legislative program and the
prohibition enforcement situation as re-
spects New York State on January IA.
which comedies with the nationwide OBJ
servance Of the third anniversary of
the ratification of the eighteenth amend
ment.'
The New York herald., 1922-04-18

rretend to kill the butler-and then. as
they say, the fun begins.
There was not only much running up
and down stairs TO be done but much
shouting, much concentrating If thought
by the priestess OF beneficial thought
waves. and out of this 1t was inevitable
that the second act should end with the
supposedly dead butler suddenly appear
ing in beevcedees. AS played by Marie
Nordstrom, sister OF the author. the
faddist kept her convictions on such
plane of forced inspiration that it made
the throat ache to hear her talk every
one down. Moreover, aside from the
lack of confidence natural with a hero
inc who verged upon the hysterical. it
is doubtful IL audiences can find much
humor in a Staying, no matter how conf
cally planned or how we'll intentioned.
1t Is true the murderer turned out -
be respectable old gentleman. but then
the thought was toyed with diligently,
being made worse by the explanation
that he got off with light Jail sentence
because he murdered his mother-in-
law" And II is hard to see how a wide
appeal can be made by satirizing new
thought doctrines that have done more
than allay toothaches.
John Cumberland did the only piece
OF authentic acting in the piece in spite
of being handicapped by a character
that was simply pendulum swung by
his wife and the inevitable male Cocoon
spirators Lady Bug is good movie,
but an indifferent play.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
French Play as Presented Here Is Robbed of All It's
Values.

She had provided a most successful
means of allowing Miss Rambeaa to
show herself as a comedienne. Some
Of her admirers believe that she is al
ways at her best in this field. She was
certainly delightful last night. She was
in the first place exquisite to contem-
plate. She has never looked loveler.
even If skirts are more becoming 10
tall women than pajamas.
She acted in spirit of low comedy
that often took on the freedom of bur-
lesque Yet when she In the first act
interpolated an occasional burle'que OF
Eddie Foy the audience Lowell her for
1t, She was quite frankly caricaturing
q role which could not be presented in
any other way as 1t exists in the
Goldfish" The same method would not
have served possibly for the heroine OF
'L'Ecole des Cocottes.' u l. that Is
quite another matter from the play
which Miss Unger has eventually made.
How could Polish professor OF de-
portment, with a title for instance, be
anything but figure of sheer improb-
ability? Wilton Lackaye acted the role
effectively and gave Miss Rambeau in
the second act some of her best OPP
portunities. He was teaching her the
proper conduct at dinner and the corr
rect demeanor in a box at the opera.
The two made this episode richly anus
ing and Norma Mitchell added an inn
portant bit.
The acting was generally adequate
enough for the little that was left OF
the characters. Lucille La Verne was
again brown and vociferous, Wilfred
Lytell was an impetuous first love and
Ben Hendricks made a docile second
husband by the side OF the more impetu-
Gus Robert, Haines But after all, what
there was lof genuine success in THE
Cold Fish, came from Miss Rambeaus
irresistible low comedy.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
500 Are Named for
Stage CenSors to
Improve Plays
Committee Appointed to Cut
List Down to Panel of
Three Hundred.

More than 500 names were submitted
yesterday as tentative choices for panel
Of stage censors when representatives Of
the Better Plays Movement OF the Actors
Equity Association. the Producing Man
ayers Association, the American Drama
lists Society. the Authors League and
various welfare and reform organiza-
tions met at the American Dramatists
Society rooms at AS West Forty-fifth
street to take up the task of naming
panel of 800
The flood of names. representing what
the interests concerned in cleaning up the
stage believe to be the best of the avail
able disinterested intelligence of New
York, provided a task whose difficulties
had not altogether been foreseen. 1t was
discovered at once that many of the
names would require discussion some oN
II lengthy. The representation yesterday
was not complete enough to warrant
more than a beginning of the job. for it
was considered essential to have present
when discussion arose every interest and
association concerned in order that there
might be 10 possible question arising
later of dissatisfaction with any choice
made from the list.t
To meet that situation it was de-
cided to try and get complete meet
ing either on Thursday or on Monday
next, and in the meantime to ap-
point subcommittee to go over the
large list and weed out such as seemed
obviously undesirable. This sub-com-
mittee Is composed OF Frank Gilmore.
representing the Actors Equity Asso-
ciations Charles d. Coburn, represent
ing the Producing Managers Associa-
ton; Cranston Brenton. representing
the Theatre Guild. and John $. sum
ncr. representing the Better Plays
Movement. which is made up of half
a dozen religions and welfare societies.
This committee will meet on Friday
to take up the wedding out process
and in the hope of greatly faciliting
the work of the main committee. which
will meet on the following Monday.
The names presented yesterday are
partly from the club lists. every organi-
zation concerned selecting fifty. No
persons mentioned for the panel must
have any financial connection with
either the theater or with reform move
ments of any sort. The effort is TO
get cultivated. intelligent, fair minded
and wholly disinterested citizens.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
BY LAWRENCE REAMER.

Gladys Unger made THE Goldfish"
which the Shuberts presented at Maxine
Elliott's Theater lass night from
Il Ecole des Cocottes." by Armont and
Gerbidon. The original play is just as
thoroughly Partisan as it's title suggests.
Marjorie Rambeau played the heroine
who has. of course. been appropriately
disinfected for the native theater. This
young woman, who shoots UP from the
gutter into a more or less rarefed social
ether, has the easy way made easier
than ever for her. Indeed, her ascent
is altogether legal The three acts are
Uttered with the legal documents that
make this goldfish like Xxi. a good girl.
NJ. Picard's heroine was. however al
ways good If one trusts the manuscript
of his drama. The goodness of Miss
Unger's protagonist was on the other
hand made in America and moreover by
due process of law.
or course the marriage certificate and
the decree Of divorce alternate in this
process OF publication. When she IS
living in the comparative simplicity OF
West Twenty-fourth street jenny Is
married to a song writer. When she
goes to Riverside Drive. with new
friend husband she studies department
suitable to the neighborhood and buys
her WARDROBE win tne ueHidnuS VI si'c
quarter in mind. In the last act she
has achieved Park avenue. She always
has a new husband with every new resi-
dence SO tie proprieties are observed
at least in the play. The shopgirrof the
first act has indeed mounted high.
Through this distortion the French
play was robbed, of course, of all IT'S
values. Nothing remained of Armort
and Gerbidon. But Miss Unger had
nevertheless performed just the service
the Shuberts evidently expected OF her.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
NINE. AIDA TO SING AT
ROSE COGHLAN BENEFIT
John Mccormack Sends Check
to Aid Good Cause.

Nine Frances Aida of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company notified Sam H.
Harris yesterday of her desire to take
part in the testimonial benefit which
will be given for Miss Rose Coghlan
under the auspices of the Producing
Managers Association at the Apollo The
ater next Sunday night
In volunteering her services. which
we're accepted. Nine. Aida wrote Il
shall be only too delighted to appear at
the benefit for Miss Coghlan. whose long
and distinguished career and whose life
time devoted to the public entitle her TO
every recognition that may be given
From John McCormack's secretary
Mr. Harris yesterday received check
for two orchestra seats which. because
lie has been so seriously III, he will not
be able to use. but which he purchased
rs his secretary explained, TO 'heip
along the good cause
Besides Nine. Aida the latest additions
TO the program include Eddie Cantor
and Fay Marble. Hassard snort Wi,
be the stage manager Of the affair and
Ed Wynn will be master of ceremonies.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
WASHINGTON PORTRAIT
PLACED ON EXHIBITION
Hitherto UnknoUn Work of
Stuart Shown Here.

a hitherto unknown portrait OF WASH
ington by Gilbert Stuart. a group of
stained glass panels. English and French
furniture, and two sets of tapestries are
among the many rare objects OF art
shown in the Sir Algernon Oliphant col
lection placed on view yesterday in
Clarke's. A East Fifty-eighth street.
The tapestries comprise seven Brus-
sells pieces, from designs of Guillaume
Boleneir. depicting the story of Bell
'sarius, this set having originally come
from the sale of the collection of the
Marechal de Montesquiou in Paris in
177O. the royal hunting tapestries by
Troilus de Cryts and a pair Of very rare
Medici tapestries from Florence. Among
the stained glass panels are several ex-
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
Lady Bug Good
Movie, but Lacks
Tone as a Play
NOrdstr0m Farce Intended to
Be Too Clever for Mere
Humans.

Evidently the newest technique of the
American dramatist in writing farce.
as illustrated by the sample which
Frances Nordstrom submitted at, the
Apollo Theater last night in ~'Lady
Bug" is TO dispense with the slamming
doors of French farce entirely. Instead
the native playwright has his characters
run up and down stairs until they are in
danger of cramp. John Cumberland and
the other actors In the piece must have
climbed enough to take them TO the top
of the Eiffel Tower
This Is Philip Kleins first venture on
Broadway, aside from road productions,
and one would like to extend to him
the right hand of fellowship and say,
You put it over on little old New
York, all right, all right" But the play
is intended to be too clever---too clever
for mere flesh and blood to endure. The
audiences for it ought to be Unconditional
machines, able to devote all their time
to a play upon words and capable of
seeing tremendous mirth in murder
The piece is really too smart for vaude-
vile, in which Miss Nordstrom's drama
turgy has hitherto been In chief circula-
ton. but not quite human enough for the
sodden, hopelessly tired business men
wht patronize the legitimate. Perhaps
its true field is on the road.
1t deals with a woman VINO has taken
up one fad after another, on'y to have
IL explode right in her hand. Her latest
is a craze for reforming criminals by
surrounding them with the proper at
mosphere, filling her house with for
mcr kidnapper for butler, an cx-shoplift-
ing maid and an erstwhile fancy poi
soncr for cook. She even introduces an
olcerly murderer into her suburban
home. expecting to cure him. of his
weakness by pale blue decorations in
Els room Her rebellious husband joins
in plot 10 cure her in turn by bribing
.hc killer to have a fall from grace and
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
NJ. Y. u. STUDENTS AGAIN
TRIUMPH AS ACTORS
Present The First Year IN
Aid of Endowment Fund.

Tho students in the Dramatic Society
of New York University gave their
second performance for the benefit of
the university endowment fund at the
Longacre Theater yesterday afternoon,
presenting "The First Year with the
original settings from the Little Thea
ter. and. Ii might be added, many OF
the original laughs. These versatile
young thespians surpassed their per-
formance in "Thank-U," their first
venture with a current success. not
merely because this Is better comedy
than their initial vehicle but because
tley seem TO be growing more accus-
toned to inviting comparison with reg
ular professionals.
Frank Craven himEelf laughed at the
presentation OF his own comedy. and
if Craven can laugh at it after having
played the piece so long that 1t might
be said to be ingrowing, then there
no reason why any one els> shouldn't
John Golden. producer of both of the
comedies used by the students, declared
IL to be the best amateur performances
he had ever seen, and even though he
had said this before it still held true.
Several of the players Who had dis
tinguished themselves in the earlier play
held down principal parts in this with
ease. No better choice could have been
made for Cravens role of Tommy Tucker
than Michael /. Rechler. '22, who made
a minor part in the first production
stand out till the audience got to look
ing for him on the stage. lie can con-
vey the same type of personality as
Craven. a sort of bundle OF mild sup
pressed desires. While his work was
often suggestive of Craven. he had
enough of his own personality in IL
to make It engagingly individual. and
when he blinked his eyes and made
that delightfully."- inept proposal in the
first act the audience cheered as IL he
were the son OF all OF them.
The New York herald., 1922-04-18
THE HAIRY APE MOVES
TO OPLYMOUTH THEATER
O'Neiu Play Seems Destined
for Long Run.

Arthur Hopkins yesterday transferred
Eugene o'Neilrs play. "The Hairy Ape"
from the theater of the Provincetown
Players to the more spacious Plymouth
where 1t will doubtless be seen by many
thousands who would not wander down
to the artistic atmosphere CT Green
wich Village for their theatrical enter
tainmcnt. Apparently the audience at
the matinee yesterday found the drama
s interesting in its new surroundings
and with its occasional ampllfica tions
as It was at first. The study OF the
man of muscle and Drawn who finds
himself, once he leaves his first. niche
between decks CT an ocean steamer, al
ways in the wrong place Is one Of tho
most interesting dramatic products of
the winter.
1t is always possible to find novelty
in the story " an ONeill drama. The
author seems inevitably to depart from
the beaten track OF most playwrights.
His thoughts keep always in his own
groove. There Is nothing reminiscent
OF usual stage fiction in THE Hairy
Ape" II does not often happen that
tie contents OF contemporaneous
drama furnish such food for reflection
as the O'Nelll drama invariably suggests.
IL seemed yesterday afternoon as II
more of them increased in interest more
than "The Hairy Ape" Certainly in
none does the interest In the fate of
the protagonist increase more rapidly
as the misfortunes of the man draws 10
an end. There is a finely imaginative
quality in the closing scenes of the
drama.
But theatergoers are certain to fill
the Plymouth Theater to see this in
terestirg play. Not to observe this
tragedy OF the man who didn't belong
would be to lcse one OF the notable
dramatic incidents of the year. There
have been some changes in the cast
such as the appearance of Carlotta
Monterey and Galway Herbert In roles
previously acted by others. Then some
of the scenery has been made more
elaborate and spacious for the new
stage. Louis Wolheim, of course. still
plays the leading role and the general
impression is as powerful as II was
at first.