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The New York herald., 1922-04-22
LEES $4,000 GOLF GAME
PAID FOR BY HIS WIFE
She Declares He Married Her
Only for Money.

Special Dispatch TO THE New fonK IfERArp.
DETROIT. April 21.-"He married me
only for my money" (She.)
II wanted 10 mako enough money to
support my rich wife on my own income.
That's the reason l got into financial
difficulties" (He.)
These conflicting statements. the first
by Mrs Helen Joy Lee; the second by
her husband. Howard Il. Lee, well known
golfer, indicate the attitude or the prin-
cipals in the divorce suit begun by Mrs.
Lee, daughter Of Henry u. Joy, former
president Of the Packard Motor Car
Company.
Mr.. Lee was three times sfichigan's
amateur golf champion. Tie ranks
among the first five golfers In the De-
troit district.
Mrs. Lee reiterated her former an
nouncement that her husband was a
golf maniac and spends most of his time
on the principal links Of the country
when they are not under snow.
There were golf games that Howard
played in New York for $4,000 a game
MY MONEY" said Mrs. Lee. Il
have since found that out. lie always
lost these games. I suppose, although he
was considered a champion in Detroit
For three years after our marriage ,
always lent money TO him whenever he
asked for it, as he told me business was
bad and he needed 1t to tide him over
The irony of 1t was that one of our
neighbors. man. told me one morning
what a wonderful husband | had who
would go down TO work so early every
morning. ! quickly disillusioned hir,
by telling him that Howard was merely
hurrying down 10 open his mail so he
could get away for the rest OF the day
to play golf.
Howard wes too busy playing goii
to pay much attention TO our children
One OF the three, born a few weeks ago
he has never seen..'
My golf mania as Mrs. Lee so de-
scribes my love for the game. did no,
prevent me from spending all but four
Sundays during 1921 at home with my
family and at church." said Mr. Lee.
The Lees are members of Crosse
Points fashionable society. Mrs. Lee Is
prominent in club circles and Is fond oi
athletics. including tennis and golf. She
is about %.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
SCIENTISTS DISCUSS WHY
CLOCKS GAIN AT NIGHT
Find Equal Masses of Sub
stances Differ in Weight.

PHILADELPHIA. April 21. - Scientists
gathered from all sections Of the United
States continued to-day to Wrestle with
battling problems in the fields OF chem
istry. astronomy and physics at the
second session Of the American Philo-
sophical Society.
Why clocks run faster at night than
during the day. standard measu of
light. stars that are visible in the day
light and the puzzling question OF why
equal quantities of certain substances
differ in weight were among the SUBJ
jccts under discussion.
Charles +. Brush OF Cleveland re-
lated experiments conducted BY him
showing that equal quantities OF zinc
and bismuth have slightly different
weights. Heretofore. scientists have
agreed, il has not been doubted that
equal masses OF all substances had
equal weights. The discrepancy. Prof.
Brush declared, probably Is due TO the
fact gravitation does not act with equal
force on all kinds OF matter.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
COLLINS CONVICTED
IN BOOTLEG MURDER
First Degree Verdict for Di-
recting Watchman's Death
at Warehouse.

Raymond C. Collins, 80, OF 1874
Eighth avenue, Brooklyn. was convicted
of murder in the first degree last night
by a jury before Judge Tiernan in the
Richmond County Court at st. George
Collins, said to have made much money
from bootlegging, was indicted with
three other men for the murder on the
night of March ! of Michael Connor, "a,
a night watchran at the Tanner-Gordon
warehouse at the foot of Jersey street,
New Brighton.
The murder of Connor resulted from
an attempt to steal several barrels Of
whisky valued at $4,000 from the ware
house. District Attorney Joseph Molloy
admitted at the trial Of Collins that the
three gunmen who actually did the
shooting never have been captured
Eugene Merrell, captain of towboat
and a former Lieutenant in the navy,
testified that he had been hired to trans
port the whisky from the warehouse TO
a pier in Brooklyn. He said that about
two hours after the murder Collins
rushed on board his towboat and told
him the night watchman had surprised
him as he was coming out Of the ware
house and had chased him under a
freight car. Connor, according to Mer-
Tcli, D@SdH puHSuiH5 CoiiiiS "'eA' "a osiSiN'
Collins called 70 the three gunner to
"get him." and the watchnlan was shot.
The men indicted with Collins are
James Pymm. alias James Flynn Frank
Brown and Joseph Conigai. They re-
quested separate trials. 1t was rumored
last night at the Richmond County Court
House that they might offer to plead
guilty to lesser degree of murder
The verdict was announced last night
after the jury had deliberated an hour
and ten minutes. Collins will be SEN
fenced Monday. His wife sat in the
court room throughout the trial across
from the wife and three children Of
Connor.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22

The experiments, Zimmerman said. arc
the results OF Investigations begun In
bug infested barracks in Luxembourg
under the direction Of Capt. Armstrong
of the Fifth Division, Signal Corps
AT the time we were having night
school and were working on the shortest
possible wave length. getting as low as
one-fourth OF a meter" the sergeant
explained. Radio sets We're located
three feet apart on a glass topped table.
Zone night everything was working
perfectly when suddenly our tubes began
to act queerly. BY the flickering light
of the candle We finally located MI
Cockroach' sitting in the space between
the receiving and transmitting appar-
atus. We removed him and to our SUI.
prise the apparatus became normal. This
led us to believe he was capable OF
making electric power"
The sergeant declared one insect ra-
dos to another and this belief, he said,
is supported by his experiments.
II have found i'll my experimental
work." he asserted, that cockroach
has a wave length OF between one-halt
inch and one inch, with very low ire
quency."
The tumble bug and moth are also
endowed with radio power. he added,
while beetles show only slight evidence
OF possessing wireless habits.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
THIEF'S MOTHER ENDS
LIFE THROUGH GRIEF
Mrs. Donovan Jumps off Roof
After Night of Tears.

Mrs. Hannah Donovan. 80, whose son,
Thomas. 10. recently pleaded guilty to
participation in the Capitol Theater rob-
berry of last December. wept all night
Thursday because, as Judge TalIey OF
General Sessions remarked at the time
her son was facing a twenty year prison
sentence At about a. NJ. she picked
up razor which was lying on a bureau
and attempted to slash her throat with
1t, but her children restrained her.
She was persuaded to go to bed and
her children retired. but when they were
asleep Mrs. Donovan went from her
apartment at $50 West Fifty-thlrd street
to the roof of the five story tenement.
a minute or so later her body, Weighing
300 pounds. crashed on the pavement.
She was killed instantly.
Thomas was the Oldest living child of
Mrs. Donovan and she was heartbrokcn
over his arrest. Another son, a little
older than Thomas. was killed in the
war. Judge Tallcy was shocked when
he learned that Mrs. Donovan had
ended her life. He signed an order un-
der which the prisoner will be permitted
to attend the funeral OF his mother un-
ocr guard Monday
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
NEWARK SWEETHEART
SPURNS ERNEST LOVE
Britisher Is Ready for Pricon
Cell as Heart ShiUers.

Ernest Love. 10. of Liverpool Eng
land. who recently abandoned the White
Star steamship Baltic, on which he was
chief steward. in order TO be in Newark
to pay court to girl. went to police
station there yesterday, told Lieut.. Dom
nelly that his sweetheart had turned
him down cold and requested that the
law be permitted to take its course. He
admitted that his abandonment OF hla
ship makes him subject to imprisor-
ment but he didn't seem to care. He
will bo surrendered to the Federal
authorities.
Love said nc took a liking to a ccr-
tain Newark girl. whose name he wou;i
not divulgc. when he met her few
months ago She was then travelling
10 Europe on the Baltic. He again met
her. he said d shc was returning 70
America. and his liking for her turned
to infatuaiion. When the Baltic landed
IN New York on April the steward
deserted.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
BUYS APPLE AND FINDS
BOOkMAKER'S CACHE
Detective Picks Evidence Out
of Fruit Sellers Stock.

Detectives seubert. Asaph and Lau-
rita saw a man walk up to Theodore
Giakas yesterday at his fruit stand at
Sutphin road and Archer place, ia
maiea, and hand him dozen slips OF
paper. Giakas took the slips. turned
and began polishing his apples and
stacking them in neat pyramids
The detectives searched Ciakas and
were unable TO ind any slips. Then
they looked in every corner OF his fruit
stand. The search was OF no use and
they we're getting ready to 20 when
Detective Seubert bought an apple
picking his choice out OF the pile. he
found the core had been cut ont and
the slips OF paper placed inside. Ciakas
was taken TO the Jamaica station.
charged with boolSmaking. and later
was held in 5000 for hearing Mon
day.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
A. o. BRIGGS, ATTORNEY,
IS KILLED BY II TRAIN
Had Been Prominent in Re-
publican Circles Upstate.

Albert o. Briggs. g. a lawyer, with an
office at 30 Broadway. was killed yes
terday when he either fell or jumped
under southbound train Of the Ninth
avenue Il" at 10th street and Columbus
avenue. lie lived at West io2d stree,
and had been in Ill health.
An Il" employee reported that Mr..
Briggs had been standing at one end OF
the platform Tor half an hour. leaning
over the railing and watching tine crowds
on the sidewalk. Then he walked TO the
center of the platform and as the train
pulled I'm fell under the first car. 1t was
forty minutes before the car was lifted
and the body removed.
:. Briggs began the practice OF law
at Ithaca in 1880. Later he went to
Canastota; n. Y, where he was well
known in Republican politics. He was
with the State Excise Department in 1885
as assistant counsel and later was State
Deputy Commissioner OF Excuses. lie
came here twelve years ago.
Mr.. Briggs leaves his widow. two sons,
Charles $. Briggs end Albert o. Briggs.
Jr.. and a daughter, Miss Eva Briggs.
The funeral will be conducted by the
Ma ons next Monday at Canastota.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
s, 900 PULLMAN PORTERS
TO BE TAUGHT MUSIC
Instructors to PreserUe and
Develop Negro Folk Songs.

CHICAGO, April 21.-Georgc. the Pull
man porter. hereafter will increase his
popularity b. being able to furnish
music for special cars and trains when
desired, according to an announcement
by the Pullman comrany to-day.
The company plans TO organize It's
1000 porters into the Pullman Porters
Chorus, with orchestra and band aux
iliarics. II was announced, and has en-
ploed instructors TO train porters with
a view to preserving and developing the
negro folk and other songs.
First experiments with the singing
porters will come tomorrow. when three
special trains earring Knights Templars
to the conclave at New Orleans over the
Illinois Central lines win be provided
with Pullman crews consisting of tenors,
second tenors. barytones and bassos.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
ORDER BOSTON LAWYER
DISCARDED FOR PERJURY
d. II. CoakIey Also Found
Guilty of Extortion.

BOSTON. April 21.-An order for the
dlsbarment of Daniel Fl. Coakley. Boston
attorney, on charges of extortion and
perjury preferred by the Boston Bar AS
sociation, was directed to-day By Judge
Jenney of the Superior Court.
IT was alleged by the Bar Association
that in 1918 Coakley entered into a con-
spiracy to procure the commission Of a
crime by Capt. Charles +. Stearns N or
der to enable Helen W. Stearns. wife or
Capt. .Stearns. to obtain divorce. and
that in July, 1921. at the trial Of former
District Attorney Nathan A. Tufts before
the Supreme Judicial Court, Coakley
testified falsely under oath.
In his finding to-day the Judge de-
clared the evidence submitted 70 him by
the Bar Association sustained the charges
against Coakley.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
STRADDLING CASES
CHARGED TO BECKER
Justice Goff Investigating
Acts of Former Deputy At
torney-General.
SEQUEL TO soRRO CASE
Banton Says Lawyer Got
States Evidence Which Might
Have Aided Client.

Charges of professional misconduct by
Alfred L. Becker. former Deputy Attor-
ney-General. OF 81 West Seventy-fifth
street, have been made by the Bar AS
ISOLATION. Becker figured prominently in
the prosecution OF persons indicted for
completely in the murders OF Barnett
Baff. Washington Market poultry
dealer.
Mr. Becker has retained Charles Albert
Perkins as counsel. The Appellate Divi-
sion, after reviewing the charges by the
grievance committee of the Bar Associs-
tion, has appointed John w. Goff, for
mer Justice. as referee to take testimony
and submit a report.
The inquiry into Mr.. Becker's profess
sionaI conduct was made at the instiga-
tion of District Attorney Joab Fl. Bar
ton on the ground that Mr.. Becker. after
having acted as Special Deputy Attor-
ney- General in charge of the prosecution
Of certain cases growing out of the Barr
murder in which Joseph Sorro was
witness, subsequently became counsel
for Sorro following the latter's indict-
ment for perjury.
1t Is charged that as Deputy Attorney
General Mr. Becker was in possession
OF evidence which ii would have been
impossible for him TO obtain as pri-
Sate LAWYER ana WAltn lIl'bHl nave btth
used to the advantage OF Sorro in his
defense. The claim also is made that
Becker's appointment as counsel for
Sorro antedated his appointment as
Special Deputy Attorney General and
that this fact was not disclosed TO the
courts.
Mr.. Becker declined to comment on the
cas- Sc. referring all inquiries TO Mr. Per-
kins, who said he had every confidence
that his client had not acted in dis
creditable manner.
Barnett Baff was killed on November
a. 1914. In January, 1917 Joseph Cohen
was indicted for completely in the mur-
der. The prosecution was conducted
by Mr. Becker as Deputy Attorney-Gen-
eral under special appointment by the
Governor, who issued an order SUPER
sedinG the District Attorneys office.
While Cohen was awaiting execution
Jose ph Sorro recanted. saving he had
been suborned b. Walter Rogers Deuel.
and Philip NJ. Musica TO give false
evidence Later the Grand Jury In
dicted Sorro for perjury and Deuel.
ard Musica for attempted subornation.
Sorro was convicted and Is now in Sing
Sing.
Cohen was released recently after the
death sentence had been connmuted to
life.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
A piece of ice a day
Keeps fOOd-spOiIerS 1uay

Heat causes food to change.
High temperatures bring about
the changes which we cal cook
ing. Both before and after
cooking it is necessary to keep
food cold in order to prevent
the spoilage which occurs at
ordinary temperatures and rem
ders food unfit for eating" The
quote is from an article in Nc
Calls Magazine - an article
written by the heads of the De
partment Of Foods and Cook
cry, Teachers College, Columbia
University
4 REGULAR supply or Knickerbocker
Ice not only Keeps the tood-spoiisrs from
dercioping, but is true icc cconomy---ics.
ice Is ncedcd :chea Tic boz Is kept q, an
rTeR fenDcrQfHrc
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
O'NEIL, TOM FOLEY AID,
SEIZED WITH APOPLEXY
Estimate Board Chief Clerk
Stricken in His Office.

John O'Neil. 61, chief clerk OF tho
Board of Estimate and one Of the char
ter members OF the Downtown Tammany
Club, 50 Madison street. was seized with
stroke of apopleXy at o'clock last
night as he was leaving the office Of the.
secretary of the Board Of Estimate on
the thirteenth floor of the Municipal
Building. He had reached for his hat
when he fell to the floor. DR.. Joseph
Rothfeder found that Mr.. O'Ncil's con-
dition was serious.
Mr.. ONeil's home is at 243 Madison
street. lie had been a leading figure In
Tom Foley's district for mary years.
Assemblyinan Peter Hammill and many
other friends and associates dllled at
the hospital. His condition had not inn
proved late last night.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
kINKEAD,s WIDOW Ill.

Mrs. Marie Gormiey Kinkhead. widow
OF Ellis Guy Kinkhead. OF whose mur-
der Miss Olivia NJ. r. Stone. Cincinnati
nurse, recently was acquitted in the
Brooklyn Supreme Court, suffered
severe heart attack last night and was
removed to the Cumberland Street Hos
pital in a critical condition.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
EVERY LIGHTNING BUG HAS
LITTLE RADIO ALL ITS OWN
Expert Finds It's Whiskers Serve as Sergeant
Major Learns His Old Messmate Cockroach Com
municates With Brother Insects by Wireless.

PEORIA, H.. April 2i.-The mystery
of what makes the lightning bugs light
has been solved and the answer Is radio,
Hamilton Bailey, wireless operator on
the U. S. S. BlaclShawk. flagship OF the
North Sea mine sweeping fleet during
the war. declared here to-day.
Lightning bugs. Bailey said. are
equipped with miniature audon bulbs
and possess low radio frequency and
a short wave length. Radio waves gen.
Grated by parent lightning bugs equipped
with broadcasting apparatus cause the
lightninglike flashes. he asserted.
Each bug Is equipped with its own
antennae--thc long feelers or whiskers
serving as the aerial, said Bailey, whose
theory is the subject of experiments by
the Peoria Radio Club. Investigations
also will be made at Bradley Polytech-
mic Institute here.
HARRISBURG. Pa. April 21.-Tne cock
roach is a radio "fan" and communicates
by wireless with his brothers and sisters.
Howard Zimmerman of Harrisburg, SER
geant-major Of the Fifty-fifth Infantry
brigade headquarters company. Penn
sylvania National Guard, believes and
seeks to prove this through experiments,
the outcome Of which was made public
here to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
SEIZED ~ 100000 swInpLr.

Harry Smons, 2s, broker living at
e5s Riverside Drive. was arrested last
evening At Broadway and Canal street
by Detective DAILY on the complaint OF
Dr. 4. y. Schnader OF Mount Carmel.
Pa. who alleges that smons. while
running brokerage office In Phladel-
rhia, flccc-d him oct OF more than
t.0 90
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
CONGRESS TO RUSH BILL
FOR CONTROL OF RADIO
Advisory Board viii Be Un-
der Commerce Department.
'fdl Dispatch 10 Tur NEw yoRR IIgsAtp.
New York Herald Rureau.
Wnshlngton. -. G., April oI. I

Congress will expedite legislation vest :
ins control OF radio communication In a
general advisory board under the De-
partment of Commerce. Il was declared
to-day. following conferences of Secrc-
tary Hoover and Congressional leaders.
Senator Kellogg tMnn.) and Repre-
sentative White lMe.) will have charge
or the radio bill now being drafted under
Mr.. Hoover's direction by a committee
Of experts.
Mr.. Hoovcr's reports to-day showed
that radio usera arc increasing az tre-
mendous rate And that applications OF
amateurs continue to pour into tho De-
partmont of Commerce asking for
licenses to set up transmitting stations.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
MALONE no M BRicADIER.

WAsHINGToN. April 2l.--Col. Paul
Bernard Malone was nominated to-day
TO be Brigadier-General IN the Regular
Army. lie was appointed TO the Mill.
tary Academy at West Point from New
York In 1890.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22

islInor Giyn, renowned writer, has written
series Of remarkable articles on the FLAP
per- for the American Pictorial section OF
Tho New Ycrk American. The flrst VIII an
pear next Monday morning. In one Of them
she says she Decent like the way the Amer
ican flappers "stoop and slouch and lollop'
In their chairs. She adds that such postures
make old women out OF girls when they
reach their thlrtics.-Adv.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
LONE SUB-CHASER HUNTS
COAST RUM SMUGGLERS
Haynes Orders Other Similar
Boats Put Into Commission.
'pecfdI Diapdtoh % The NEW YORK Herald
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., April 81.

Washington, ID. c., April 81.
Prohibition officials to-day admitted
that reports of a large fleet of SUBJ
chasers cruising up and down the At
lantic coast. hunting for rum smugglers,
had been exaggerated.
Only one vessel, a small subchaser.
lent by the coast guard, has been
equipped and it Is stationed off New
York.
Eight other subchasers OF small type.
which originally were owned by the
navy. but transferred TO the coast guard
and later len. to the prohibition unit.
still arc cut OF commission. Commis-
sioner Haynes has given orders that
few OF these be put into condition for
sea service.
The New York herald., 1922-04-22
Secrets in Newspapers.

'The writers at the conference told is
all about the hidden motives and The
jealously guarded secret discussions at
which can only surTnise from the
completeness and accuracy OF their
knowledge, they must have assisted
from behind the arras." said the Am
bassador Frankly. though / was a
delegate, ! was in complete ignorance
Of these mysterious conclaves until I
read of them in my favorite morning
paper, even when. as was sometimes the
case, ] found that some one using my
name had been present and had mani
tested an almost Machiavellian cyni-
clsn."
Only by the same methods. sir Aucb-
land continued. can the world situation
be completely cleared, making way for
period of prosperity. which when Ii
comes he believes win be greater than
any in our experience and beyond any
VIC have dreamed of.
Most OF his speech was the develop
ment OF figure in which he conceived
Of the war and its aftermath as the
Grand Canyon, "the deepest, most ter
rfying chasm ever cut across the path
OF mankind"
THE whole world waits upon effective
leadership to carry us across the deep
shadow cast by the economic plight
" inc WoIlu, ne Saiu. and this lead
ership must realize that every foot Of
the way must be Travelled. IT cannot
be jumped. but / feel confident Of the
happy termination OF the journey.
1T - only BY getting together and
helping one another that VIC can get
across. None of us can be as happy
ss we might or as prosperous as We
might until all are across. Ii was in
that spirit the Washington conference
was held. and II is IN tho same spirit
tho representatives of my country have
gone TO Genoa"
Sir Auckland finished with a cornpii-
ment to Senator Depew upon bis eighty
eighth birthday, which ho win observe
tomorrow.
Among others at the dinner were
James w. Gerard, formerly Ambassado-
TO Germany; Elbcrt r. Gary Darwin
=. Kingsley, Capt H. Glostcr Arm
strong tho British Consul-Gcncrsi;
William a. prendergast, Paul M. War.
burg. William Nelson Cromwell. Mel.
villc w. stone. Adolph S. Ochs. John
McE. Bowman. John w. Doty. Herbert
:. Houston and the officers OF various
British eociotics.