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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
Mexico City May Go
Dry Within a Year

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25-(Associa-
ted Press Mail)-The "wets" in Mexi-
co are frankly alarmed. They say
there is a real possibility that Mexi-
60 City, at least, may go "dry'' before
the end of the year and that If so,
the next step would be to i:,ake the
entire republic arid of alcoholic bever-
ages.
President Obregon does not say
that he is a prohibitionist but within
the past few months he has given his
unqualified support to certain legal
measures which aim to cut down
drinking and eventually to put in
t~oxicants under the ban.
Saloons, clubs and cantinas have
been put under more rigid restrictions
and, only a few weeks ago, a presi-
evenue tax on alcoholic drinks 100
percent. There are many rumors that
these taxes will be automatically in
creased until they become prohibitive,
Nationwide protest was heard sew
eral days ago when the newspapers
said that President Obregon contem'
plated issuing a decree forbidding the
planting and cultivation of the ma
guey plant which is the basic ingredi.
ent of the most popular native drinks.
The maguey, which is a species of
cactus. must be %replanted every seven
years and a decree prohibiting it's cul.
tivation would mean its determination
and with it the elimination of tequila,
mescal and pulQue, drinks of undis'
puted potency.
Planters of maguey rushed numer-
Gus petitions to President Obregon
pointing out that the plant is a part
of the agricultural wealth of the ma.
ton in that it produces a valuable
hber. sugar, a base for paper and a
medicine that is said to be a specific
for kidney disease. 1t was also said
that its spines, treated by an mex.
pensive process, make cheap and ex'
cellent monograph needles.
President Oregon has not yet Is.
sued the decree-but the planters are
still worried and SO are certain other
persons.
The "wets" have held numerous
meetings within the past few weeks
to organize their campaign against
prohibition.
Secretary of Interior Gales is com
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
Hypnotist is Charged
With Misuse Of Power
To Defraud Subjects

BERLIN, Feb. S-(Associated Press
MaiD-German criminologists, psyche
logists, medical and legal experts will
hold a congress" over the case of
Leopold Miecyslaw Kittay, a Calician,
whose trial on charges of misuse of
hypnotic powers was set to begin here
today. They have been summoned for
opinions on psychology, hypnotism,
suggestion and mental responsibility
of persons who commit crimes while
hypnotised.
Kittay, who practiced hypnotism un-
der the lame of Lo Kittay, is alleged
to have influenced his clients to sell
or pawn their valuable and give him
the money. He will also be held to
answer charges of immortality for he
is said to have had great influence
over women, one of whom, the wife
of a well-known merchant tried to sell
her house and furnishings without her
husbands knowledge and succeeded
in raising a considerable sum which
she gave the hypnotist.
He used part of the money in max
ing a brief tour of German cities
where he gave public exhibition of his
power over the merchants wife who,
with a friend, accompanied him.
The complaint against Kittay cites
as an example of his influence that
he h%ypnotized a dancing girl while
she was on the stage, compelling her
to fall asleep and abandon the per-
formance. This girl is said to have
detested the hypnotist but could not
resist his hypnotic power.
A number of husbands whose wives
were addicted to drug habits appealed
to Kittay for assistance and in some
instances he is alleged to have put the
n 10 alaan-nal x-Lsla La 4Lia-aaA
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
Notice to Creditors


The undersigned, having been duly
appointed Executor under the last
will of Dang Kip. late of Waikapu,
Maui, deceased. gives notice to all
creditors of said deceased to present
their claims duly authenticated and
with proper vouchers. even if the
claim is secured by mortgage, to him,
at his place of residence in Waikapu,
Maui. within six months from the date
of the first publication of this notice,
or within six months from the day
they fall due, or said claims will be
forever barred.
Dated at Waikapu, Maui, this Febru
airy II, 1922.
FRANK L. HOOGS,
Executor Estate of Dang Kip.
(Feb. 81, % March Z, .14.)
CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND CIR
CUT.
At Chamberlain Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of John
w. L. Marshall, late of Wailuku,
Maui, T. H., deceased.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
RUSSIAN RELIEF WORK,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-(Associa-
ted Press)-Edgar Rickard, a mem.
Der of the American Relief Admins
tration, after a conference with
Hoover, said he expected the relief
work in the famine districts of Rus
STA would end about September 14th
at which time the expected proceeds
of the Russian harvest would be avail
able. He said 10000 tons of Ameri.
a seed wheat were being SEN to
Russia.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
NOTICE OF MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Keahua Ranch Com
pany will be held at the office of the
company, at Paia. Maui, on Saturday,
February 25th, 1922, at 1890 o'clock a.
(Feb. IA, II, 2i.) M.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21

dition suggested they sell or pawn
their W v%aluables or the property
of their husbands, proceeds of which
transactions he pocketed.
Kittay's defense will attempt to
show the clients themselves were
criminally inclined and committed the
offenses without undue influence on
the part of the hypnotist.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
NOTICE OF MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Haleakala Ranch Com
pany will be held at the office of the
company, at Paia, Maui, On Saturday,
February 25th, 1922, at 10 o'clock a.
m.
(Feb. IA, II, 21.)
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21

ing in for a large share of the critic
ism for the dry" wave, as he was a
staunch bone dry" advocate long be-
fore he left the state of Sonora to
take a cabinet position. Secretary of
the Treasury de la Huerta is also a
prohibitionist
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-02-21
CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND CIRCUIT
At Chambers-In Probate.

In the Matter Of the Estate of Dang
Kip, Late Of Waikapu, Maui De-
ceased.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

dramatists all that science has placed
at the disposal Of the theater's art.
He is ever ready to encourage a new
tendency in the theater and watches
closely all improvements that tend
for better mechanics and stage ef-
fects. In recent productions, notably
those with Chinese atmosphere, Mr..
Belasco produced some wonderful
light combinations, but as to the
probabilities of Mr.. Fitzkee's expert
ments with scenic settings inter-
changeable with light effects his
stage manager said Mr.. Belasco
would have to see an actual demon
stration Of the new idea in scenery
before he would say anything re-
garding its value to the theater.
Theatrical producers and scenic
constructors are interested in the ex-
periments that are being carried on
toward the reduction in the cost of
building and the labor of handling
scenery. The mounting cost of theat-
rical equipment has increased in ten
years about 100 per cent. This in
cludes players salaries, the pay of
those who work in the theater. in
creased railway fares, transfer bills
which have more than trebled and a
multitude of small charges.
Canvas alone has increased 500 per
cent, SO any device that will reduce
the cost of scenery will be warmly
welcomed. It will at least help to
keep more road companies on the
long neglected one night stands and
help to keep many worthy produc-
tions away from the storehouses,
which are already overloaded with
scenic equipment that might be max
ing some profit for the author of the
play, as well as the producer, if not
keeping few of the great army of
actors idly parading Broadway look
ing for engagements. if the cost of
transportation and hauling were less.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
A Reporter in
Legendary Days

Continued From Preceding Page.
our excuses; it would task Madame
too much to act as hostess, and then
Maeder, Vinson and l went to a COM
Portable little place we knew of
where the beer and sandwiches were
good. We were raising our glasses
to some ones "Prosit!" when my evil
genius prompted me to say, "The
Chronicle prints San Francisco dis
patch reporting the death in Aus.
tralia of Ned Adams"
The look in Maeders eyes told me
that l was travelling backward on
the road to cheerful companionship.
Maeder had known Adams inti-
mately. and not long before that sea-
son had been with that well known
actor in Australia, Maeder and his
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

wife and Mr. and Mrs. Adams. He
told us this story: my wife and I
arrived in Sydney a day or two be-
fore Ned and his wife were due on
ship from another port. They We're
delayed by a terrific storm, and
when we went to the pier to meet
them found Ned so ill that he had
to be carried from the ship. 1t was
the storm, he told us when we
greeted him, but later he told me
again and again that his nerves had
been shattered as he lay ill in his
berth by the cries and hoof beats of
horses between decks. The cries dur
ing the awful storm had sounded to
him like the cries of humans in NOR
tai terror. and the beating of their
hoofs illustrated with
knife, rapping rhythmic thuds on
the table. 1t was an effective piece
of business, and the actor in him
knew it, and at dramatic intervals
during the rest Of the story telling
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
David BeIasco's Vision.

When David Belasco built his own
playhouse he was in a most artistic
state of mind. His nights were
dreams of filmy color harmonies and
his days were very human struggles
with carpenters and decorators and
ccmpounders Of changeable paints.
He was a forerunner of the manager
with vision, the producer with new
ideas. He has just celebrated his
forty-first year of activity in tho
dramatic profession. He has lived to
control the most completely equipped
playhouse in the United States. He
is able to place at the service of his
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Scenic Art IN the Theater

erly focused. In place of the arc
light concentrated filament lamps in
projectors Of flood lights were used
for the first time for any purpose.
The idea both as to lamp construc-
ton and it's use was entirely original
with Miss Adams, and, strangely
enough, coincidenta1 with the earliest
development of such illuminants from
another source.
Under ordinary light effects the
two scenes intermingle into a hodge
podge of blurs and streaks that gives
nc idea Of what the artist was striv-
ing after and to the ordinary be-
holder appears to be a sheet upon
which some one welded brush as
if he had been giving an imitation
of a whitewasher.
The arrangement has just one
drawback. If the electrician should
want to force a wage raise or be-
come provoked or was careless it
would be possible for him to trans
form the garden scene in which the
leading man is making love to the
ingenue so as to make it appear he
was dashing her over the waterfall
~ the pool below.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

he repeated the trick until it took
but little imagination to supply the
cries of frightened horses. began
to wish that I had remained to sleep
in the prison corridor, where the
quick were as silent as the dead.
Maeder did not want to go to bed;
Finson, 1 was convinced, was afraid
to, and was willing to postpone my
writing for an hour or two on the
chance that something cheerful
would dispel the depressing gloom.
Maeder's proper line was light COM
edy, WILSON'S low comedy but they
were as little disposed to play as was
Pip at Mrs. Havisham's order. We
sat in my room about a table, where
L was to write my story, Vinson
sunk in detection, 1 quivering with
an accumulation of horrors. Maeder
mourning on with stories of his dead
friend. Presently I heard, certainly
L thought l heard, rappings hideously
like the hoof beats of horses. l tried
the seven and nine sections of the
multiplication table, even repeated
the formula of the placid c;act that
minerals in chemical combination
with rock is the indentification of
the different and the differentiation
of the Identical. But even these
usually effective aids to TRANQUILITY
failed; my tortured ears refused tie
solace of arithmetic, of chemistry.
were sensitive only to that terrifying
tattoo. l glanced at Vinson and
caught him staring at me creepily.
Did you hear it?" I asked.
"Of course 1 did," he answered
petulantly, as if 1 had asked him if
he were awake. Don't you hear it.
Fred?" he added.
Yes. 1 do" Maeder admitted.
"Then stand up and move away
from the table, Vinson cried. "Weu
all stand up away from everything"
We stood apart, as much isolated
from the furniture as might be. The
rap-rap. rap-rap, rap-rap. rap
rap" continued, so we sent for the
night clerk, and with him made ex-
to investigate; at last
agreeing that the sound, whatever
it was, seemed to come from a room
directly across the hall from mine.
But no one is in that ROOM" the
clerk said. 1.-THE man who occupies
it is away. for day or two to look
over that old lumber flume near the
abandoned stage station"
'H-h-how did he travel?" vinson
"On horseback" the clerk an
swered
Pretty good stuff, my boy" Mr..
Mccarthy said the next morning
when, with quick estimating eye, he
had run through my copy. You got
a feeling of frightfulness into it,
anyway. Where did you go after
you left the prison?"
Il went around to the theater for
a while,' told him.
He smiled.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Maude Adams Works on the
Problem.

Problem.
Miss Maude Adams has spent much
time since her temporary retirement
from the stage experimenting with
new ideas for stag. lighting. In her
dramatic productions Miss Adams
achieved seme very noteworthy
scenic effects. She extensively made
use of gauzes dyed with aniline coll
ors, eliminating the use of pigments
altogether. Cne OF her experiments
was with complete light absorp-
ton for background A large black
plush curtain was first used, bat
when the lights were played upon it
there was considerable reflection,
which spoiled the effect desired. The
nap of the plush acted as tiny mir
rors to throw back the light effects
toward the audience After some ex-
periments the plush was discarded
and the prorer effect was produced
by hanging gauzes in front of can
vas. both gauzes and curtains dyai
black.
In Peter Pan." perhaps Miss
Adams's most notable success. she
carried out many scenic improve
ments. All sorts of gelatine screens
were analyZed for their color trans
mission, besides the energy distri-
button of lamps, which resulted in tie
elimination of the arc lamp from the
stage in the Barrie play. The arc
lamp works all right with direct cur
rent, but in many theaters on the
road alternating current is used ex-
clusively. which energizes only half
light in the arc, and which is both
noisy and incapable of being prop
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Darrell FitZkee's S
Idea of Changing
Scenes by Means
of Colored Light
Already Popular

ater. as presaged by the ex-
traordinary experiments of Darrell
Fitzkee in Chicago and Mime. Ivan
Boutzovsky in Paris. bring in their
wake hope to the producing manager
of being able to send on tour his the
atrical organizations without seeing
all his profits dwindle in railroad
charges for hauling the scenery nee
essary for modern productions.
The prevailing high cost of trans
portation has prevented many worthy
New York successes from making
tours with a reasonable surety of
profit to the producers, but now with
the promise Of being able to reduce
cost of transporting scenery by more
than one-half there is a possibility of
seeing a perceptible increase in the
number Of travelling companies next
season.
Various Methods Tried.
All sorts of methods have been
tried to reduce the heavy outlay ne
cessitated in the scenic equipment of
plays, particularly musical comedies
and dramatic spectacles. Scenery
has been built in the smallest Sec
tions possible, it has been painted on
pineapple silk and asbestosized ma
terial, but the small section scenery
has looked shabby and inadequate
after the first week of one night
stands. while the constant creasing of
the asbestosized trunk sets have pre-
cluded their use by all reputable or
CARNATIONS calling themselves the
atrical
However, Darrell Fitzkee, a young
Chicago stage artist, has appeared as
a Moses who will make it possible
for the theatrical managerial JOSH
uas to throw down the walls of the
modern Jericho of excessive railway
costs and penetrate into the long de-
serted one, two, three night and week
stands with productions that were
only able 70 make short jumps out of
New York to cities OF large popula-
ton for extended runs and missed the
privilege OF playing the Tanks" and
smaller cities, owing to the pronibi-
tive rate for company and baggage.
Mr.. Fitzkee has perfected a scenic
device which enables one set to do
for every scenic change necessary in
any sort of play or musical produc-
ton. He can paint on one drop half
a dozen different sets. which when
seen in the ordinary light of day look
like a cubist's tumble of crudities.
but when Illuminated with lights of
certain colors reveal artistic inte-
riors or decorative art scenes. each
scene standing out as its particular
soul color is projected upon it, the
light bringing out only the colors it
is tuned with.
This device promises not only to
revolutionize the art of stage decora-
ton but will make it possible for the
transportation of scenery in much
less than half the space required
to-day. Instead of a company hay-
ing to contract and pay for the use
OF two or three sixty or seventy foot
baggage cars, the scenery and bag
gage will be conveniently loaded into
a forty foot car. which will be quite
an item of saving to the travelling
company.
Two Scenes on One Curtain.
So far Mr.. Fitzkee has succeeded
in painting two scenes on one cur
tain. making possible an instanta-
neous change Of scenery simply by
l.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

artistic stage accessories necessitat-
ing larger than ordinary stage crews
and property men is something not
Immediately expected
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Two Scenes on One Curtain.

So far Mr.. Fitzkee has succeeded
in painting two scenes on one cur
tain. making possible an instanta-
neous change of scenery simply by
changing the colors of the lights in
the baby spots above the stage and
directly under the proscenium arch.
This, he explains. is accomplished
by synehonizing the spotlights. foot
lights. border lights and strips with
the superimposed scenic designs.
Under certain lights sympathetic
colors are invisible, and Mr.. Fftzkee
has applied this principle and worked
out his color scheme accordingly.
The desire for unity in the theater
was first manifested in New York by
Robert E. Jones, who mades study
of the Max Reinhardt methods and
introduced the new scenic motif in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
GREAT DEMAND FOR COPPER
SHINGLES; ARE MADE HERE

A permanent roof for homes and
public buildings, one that will last
forever and when the house is de-
stroyed or torn down, will still have
a salvage value. is that now being
manufactured by the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company at its Raritan
Copper Works plant here. These
roofs are built entirely of copper
shingles and have become so pop
ular that the company is rushed
filling orders for the new roofs.
Although the company began ex-
perimenting in the manufacture of
the shingles last September, it was
not until March 10, this year, that
the country became ware that they
were an established fact. On that
day the papers of the country EAR
ried advertisements announcing to
the world that the long looked for
permanent and at the same time
beautiful roofs was at last a posi-
bility.
Copper Singles gives a lightweight,
permanent roof in a selection of
many colors. at a price considerably
less than that asked for many of
the other patented roofs of today.
The shingles as they come from the
massive machines in which they r
manufactured are the usual copper
color, but by a treatment in various
chemical baths they may be given a
green, brown, red, blue or in fact
any color desired by the customer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
FEDERAL TERRA GOTTA Co.
NOTED FOR fine PRODUCTS

When a concern furnishes terra
Gotta for buildings such as the
Equitable, Worlds Power building
and Plaza hotel in New York city,
some idea of the excellent class OF
work turned out, must be apparent.
Yet this is just exactly what the
Federal Ttrra Gotta Company OF
Woodbridge, has accomplished.
These buildings r masterpieces In
the line OF architectural terra Gotta,
Just as much as wonderful chamber
music is the master pieces OF the
composers Of yester year. or the
much admired paintings are the
masterpieces of great artists.
The Federal Terra Gotta has
probably won a name for itself IN
the building world that IL will carry
till the end of time. Terra Gotta
oday is one of the leading building
materials and the fact that it can
be nodded into various shapes n
designs makes it a fitting trimming
and decorative material for both the
interior and exterior of handsome
buildings.
At the present time the Federal
Terra Company is employing zSo
hands. This Is about twice as many
as were being employed by TINS
ice last year.. 1t was SAID at
the plant today that business IS
picking up and the future looks very
bright indeed. There is a possioii-
itv hat this concern may increase
the size of the plant in future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
BAKEuTE PLANT GREATEST
OF KIND IN THE WORLD

Bakelite is perhaps the nos uni
versal substance in existence today,
is a product Of this city. In a large
struction. situated II the corner OF
Rector and Fayette stree ana ex-
tending along Fayette street to the
Staten Island sound. this greatest oil
insulating material is manufactured.
So great is its uses that il has been
employed in constructing the latest
aeroplane propellers. now in use by
the United States government. to the
smallest conceivable part used in
the complicated electrical signal sys-
TEN of the railroads, radio, auto
mobile and telephone transmission
Due TO the great radio boom. the
business at the local plant OF the
Bakelite Company has greatly in
creased over last year this time. 1t
was estimated at the plant today
that the increase IN the number Of
employed over last year this time
has heen 25 per cent. II is only a
question of time before the plant
will have to be enlarged 10 take
care of increased business. but
whether or not this plant will oe
enlarged or one in some other city.
will be decided by the cost OF opera
ton. If it costs more to operate
here, the new addition will be added
to one of the plants recently taken
over through the amalgamation Of
several of the plants producing
bakelite under other trade names.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
MANY SHIPS REPAIRED
At THE P. A. DRY DOCKS

Many ships and vessels of various
descriptions are undergoing repairs
at the plant of the Perth Amboy
Dry Dock Company here. This is
one of the largest dry dock con-
Germs to be found in this section of
the country. the new buildings and
docks added to the business during
the past year OF more enabling the
company to handle work equal to
that of any dry dock company in
this section of the Atlantic coast.
At the present time the firm is
employing between 200 and $50
men. All the work is done by the
most modern machinery and h new
dry dock which is completely OPP
Grated by electricity allows the COM
pany to handle many of the larger
vessels now docking at New York
City.
The following vessels are under
going repairs at the present time:
Wilbert S. Bartlett, four masted
schooner; Mary Bradford Pierce,
four masted schooner; Abertina,
passenger steamer of the Merchants
Steamboat Company of Red Bank:
schooner. Nisseqogue. four masted:
barge Louise; barge Washoe. three
masted schooners, Grand Turk and
Eleanor Taylor: four masted
schooners Charlotte Maxwell and
Robert l.. Bean. Four additional
vessels are due to arrive at the dock
next week.