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New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
Doctor, in Drug Coma,
Proves Bellevue Mystery
Found Unconscious. He Denies
Taking Overdose and Can't
Explain His COllapse

The case OF physician suffering
from narcotics, which is a deep mys-
terry to himself, is Bellevue Hospitals
latest contribution to the unusual in
medical records. How physician
thoroughly schooled in the use and cf-
fects of narcotic drugs could have ad-
ministercd to himself twice as much of
a drug as was necessary in his case Is
the question that several physicians,
including the patient, were trying to
answer yesterday.
The patient is Dr.. William Hicks,
fifty years old, a physician with
quarter of q century experience and
practice in Newark, N. j., whore he
lives at as Milford Avenue. He was
found early yesterday morning in
state of coma in a waiting room of
the Pennsylvania Terminal by Police
man Hotchkiss, Of the West Thirtieth
Street station. The policeman was
struck by the dignifed appearance of
the physician. He called an ambulance
and DR.. j. Sutton, of New York Hos
pital, diagnosed the case IA one Of an
overdose OF morphine. The patient
was identified by his prescription book
and card case He was ordered re-
moved to Bellevue, where he did not
regain consciousness until late yester-
day afternoon. His wife had been noti-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

maintained is the paradox underlying
the present policy of the government.
Even to-day, while giving broad cur
rency to its new economic policy the
government is more concerned with
giving the appearance Of commercial
activity than with the encouragement
Of true productivcncss. On the sur
face trade lis now free. One may hold
for sale and exchange stocks Of goods.
One may open shops and receive and
retain the profits on the transactions.
But the arms Of fundamental industry
are still bound. The productive sources
Of wealth, either by large manufacture
or by exploitation Of resources, nre
still under the control Of system that
is nothing less than suffocating.
So while in the marketplaces there
goes on an ever-incrcasng fever Of eX
change of rcmainders and Of junk and
patisseric the deep sources of the
nations wealth are stagnant The pro-
auction Of pig iron is only 2 per cent
of pre-war standards, Of dyestuffs 2
5 pcv cent, of salt is per cent, OF cop
per onehalf of ! per cent. of paper 10
per cent, Of oil 90 per cent.
In tho mines reduction OF output is
continuing to this hour. In iron ore
tho number of mines is falling off 10
per cent month. Production is reach
ing the disappearing point; of man.
ganese ore not Z per cent Of the pre-
scrihed amounts arc obtained, and pro-
duction falls so per cent in three
months; of copper ore mining has prac
tically ceased. In all the mines Of
Russia the number Of workmen WAS
reduced moro than half between the
end Of 1920 and the end Of 1921.
Against this display of stagnation in
the production OF the country place
is this account Of tho materials to be
sold in their shops opened in Petro-
grad proudly promulgated by the gov
ernment:
"On the fourth Of October the Pet
rograd United Consumers Society in
Petrograd opens three shops whcrc
the following arc purchasable at mar
ket prices: Face powder. scent, per
fumery articles, umbrellas, walking
sticks, writing paper, envelopes, vari-
Gus leather articles, pocketbooks.
purses. cigarette cases, china, bronze
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
Former Pastor Stays Pal
I'm Attempted Jail Break

Los ANGELES, April q Herbert
Wilson, formerly minister Of the Cos
pei in Oregon and Canada, held in the
county Jail pending trial for the rob
berry of the mails here Of nearly 81 .000,-
600 tt night Of March 3, 1921, shot and
killed his alleged accomplice, Herbert
II. Cox, just after officers had frus-
tratea an attempted jail-break late to-
day.
Cox, Wilson and Eddie OBrien. re-
Gently arrested here in connection with
mail robbery at Toledo more than 2
year ago. had made their escape from
the jail proper and were on the Bridge
Of Sighs,' passageway leading to the
Hall of Justice when deputy sherifs
closed in on them.
Then Wilson trained a revolver upon
Cox and pulled the trigger. Officers
said there had been "bad blood" be
tween tho men since shortly after their
arrest, when Cox was said to have made
statement to Federal officers, and the
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

everywhere. A revolution, which
started to kill trade. has made the
Russians into nation Of traders
There is no exception. From the
noblewonan selling diamonds. to the
professor selling paper and the huck-
ster selling poppy seed. every ono in
Russia is seeking the easy profits on
a deal
AS result Of the new economic
policy trade, which had hidden under
ground, has now come into the open
There has developed 8 new class known
as the speculnnts who promise to be
the nucleus of the bourgeois aristoc-
racy of the future. These people are
quick and hard in bargain. They
know how to take advantage of the
necessities of the needy. Many trans
actions are undertaken on ali agency
contract, as the agent has no rcspon-
sibility and takes no chance. 1t is
said that members Of tho class arc now
going about purchasing for nominal
sums the deeds of private property in
the cities, against tho day when the
rights of property arc again respected
When profits arc made they are in
vested in diamonds, or better still, in
Amer erican exchange.
Tho elevation of the speculant to p
leading position in society has led to
the creation of entirely new classes in
the state. Some one has outlined the
social classes in Moscow and Petro-
grad as follows from top to bottom;
|, Comntssars and their friends.
.. Spectators.
3. Go-betweens and Nrocurcrs
a. Those who sell their property bit
by bit for bread.
f. Those who have sold all and have
nothing
The Soviet government was estab-
lished on the basis of direct contact
among producing agencies through the
medium Of tho government. In such a
system money would appear to be un-
necessary. To the Soviet government
money was an implement of the transi-
ton stage, and it was weapon against
the capitalistic enemy within and with
out the country. Enough has been said
to indicate the place of money in
Russia to-day. 1t is the most debased
of all agencies. No one wants to keep
it, and yet it is still the measure by
which artificial profits are measured.
When it comes to transforming these
profits into benefits the worthlessness
of Soviet money comes out.
The debasemcnt of Russian money
Is graphically presented in these facts.
In August, 1914, the Imperial Bank Of
Russia had issued 1.7oo,ooO,ooo rubles
in paper, against which were held L.
04,000,000 By January. 1915. the
paper circulation had doubled. BY
January, 1917. the paper circulation
was something under 0,0O0,0oo,000
rubles. At the time Of the downfall of
Kerensky, in November, 1917, the paper
circulation had doubled to 10000, ,000,-
600. Under the Soviet government the
paper circulation has multiplied itself
by leaps and bounds, being 81 100000
900 in January. 1919, 225,O00 100000 on
January l, 1920, 100000 100000 in
1921 and between 100000 100000 and
10000, ,000,00 900 day.
Fundamental Industry
Remains in Bondage
Deeper than the paradox upon which
the first life of the government was
ADVERTISEMENT
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

fortunate aspect OF the commercial
problem, because it draws food from
the famine district. where it is needed.
TO the city, where hign prices can
be paid
AS think Of the situation of the
speculator class in Russia | am re-
minded OF the story Of the bomb bri-
gades on each side of No Mans Land
in France. One side throws bomb
into the opposite trenches. This ia
here caught by an alert catcher and
quickly returned. .ne game develops
into quick game of ball, each side
hoping not to have the bomb on It's
side when it explodes. 1t is so with
the holder Of speculative mcrcfan-
disc w Russia. 1t is unsafe to keep
profits in paper money, for its value
melts away before the rats can eat 1t
up. And if profits are put back into
merchandise there is always the
chance of getting a white elephant.
On its side the government seems to
encourage this feverish activity Of ex-
change of commodities. 1t gives the
appearance of commerce without being
commerce. 1t satisfies the people and
keeps them quiet. 1t creates an illu
sion Of productiveness and profits. But
it is based on false foundations. Rus
sia has been running for four years on
the principle of the bottomless we'll in
resources, upon the principle of per-
But the bottom Of the we'll has been
reached and motion is played out.
Among the paradoxes Of Russia's
economic position the greatest paradox
of all was that by which the commu-
nistic experiment was put into effect
in the first place. BY theory the first
step was the outawing Of the private
trade. BY theory money should have
become contraband In point Of fact
neither of these things occurred, nor
could have occurred. The Soviet gov
crnment was put into power and main
tanned by the forces that it presumably
Trade was, in fact, driven from the
streets. But trade did not disappear.
1t was interrupted and perverted. The
thing that kept the Russian people
alive during the first years Of trial was
Illicit trade. So necessary was this
trade to the life Of the people, and
thercfore to the support of the govern
ment, that the government had to wink
on it, encourage it, or, If one can out
paradox q paradox. it had to legitma-
tie an illegal traffic.
Gigantic Profits Gained
From Illegal Business
1t is characteristic of illegal traffic
that it is not subject to the controls
of competition and off oversight
which legal traffic permits and that it's
profits are immensely higher. The
Russian people were kept alive by re-
course to traders who had the daring
to continue in trade after trade had
been officially outlawed. The machin-
cry built up for establishing contacts
between traders and consumers was
very much like the machinery built up
in America under the Volstead law for
the distribution of drink.
In Russia the machinery tended to
become even more complex and wide
spread Under the pressure Of neces-
slty all Russians became traders. The
lure Of the velvet margin was felt
ADVERTISEMENT
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
Russia
In the Red Shud0w

the market by woman with a sable
scarf to sell. "lf you want to pay for
1t you may have it for twenty million
she said. But if YOU can get me
some nice American shoes you may
have it for much less"
The Russian people long ago frankly
assumed the role of tradesmen in per-
sonal effects. 1t was their only way to
live. And they take up their new role
IN the University of Moscow is to-day
selling letter paper in the street His
allowance is too small to pay expenses
and he ekes it out in this way. Every
afternoon his old friends come and
have cup of tea with him at his little
stand.
Literary men. poets and musicians
keep second hand book shops They
sell little and profits are small. but the
government assigns them space and
their profits pay for wood. So. at any
rate, they can write and study in COM
fort.
One, day was stopped in the street
by woman of middle age. dressed in
fine furs, her whole appearance sug-
gesting limousine class. II must have
seems to be necessary" She laughed
and drew out of her muff miniature
on copper. She was the daughter Of
professor in the Conservatory Of
Moscow. Twenty years ago she had
married a wealthy man. Both father
and husband wore dead Everything
that had been left from the two house
holds had been sold and bread was be-
coming more difficult to obtain every
day.
| told her it would be favor to TAXA
her miniature at her price, but it would
be a greater favor to give her the price
and forget to take the miniature. She
smiled directly into my eyes "That is
not at all necessary she said. though
we both knew that it was necessary,
that the time was coming when she
would have nothing to sell.
Russian Trade Dcgenerates
Into Exchanges of junk
Perhaps enough evidence has been
brought to indicate my belief that Rus
sian trade in this day is based upon
paradox, that it is not commerce in
the strict and best sense, that it is
simply passing back and forth of
lemainders and junk. There is great
surface activity. but little is produced.
Many paper fortunes are made bu. so
quick are the changes in value of mo-
ney so ready is the government to
take ITS tax on profits, that no one
keeps his paper long. Immediately
about for an investment in order chat
il is paper profits that support the
trade in fine goods. This is All un-
1 ADVERTISEMENT
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

coo rnbles & pound eggs. 5000 rubles
apiece; sausage, $4,000 ruhles pound;
apples, 10000 ruhles apiece.
On New Years Eve | saw girl
lead her escort to a pile of orangcs,
the first oranges TO be displayed in
Russia In four years. The price of
each orange was $4,000 rubIcs. or 40
cents in American money. The young
man took two oranges at 100 900 rubles
Unless he was spccl4ator it had
taken him two days to earn this money.
Besides the food shops the most
typical commercial establishments are
the cooperative commission shops, in
which decayed middle class people de-
furs, miniatures and portraits for sale
10 the foreigners or to the new specu-
lsting class. These are pathetic dis
plays as rule. The best stuff has
long ago been picked over. What re-
mains is only second or third rate.
And in the process of trade this may
be passed back and forth from snecu-
istor TO speculator at advanced prices.
It is thus that values are made in
Russia.
Former Members of Nobility
Glad to Conduct Small Shops
These businesses are usually car
red on by former members Of the
nobility, by daughters and wives of
we'll known men or Yesterday ny
actresses and artists, who speak Eng
lish md French as well as they speak
Russian and are facing their new
tasks with spirit and humor.
The commission business is now car
ried on under protection of the gov
crnmens and is entirely sboveboard
and yet ii is imprudcut TO ask too many
questions about the origin of these
materials brought for consignment. II
must he remembered that for long
time everything was presumed to be
long to the state, that the humblest
workman or vagaboud accepted the
dictum of royalty. "The state it is r."
and that under this dictum much prop
erty found its way from private TO
public ownership. Much Of this ma
terial has, OF course. eventually gone
TO market.
Some Of the best material in these
shops is not on public display. These
articles come out only by negotiation,
or if you will permit whispering in
French or German arrangements may
be made to see miniatures, diamonds,
rugs, discreetly and strictly by engage
mont. A furtive eye is cast about for
signs Of the Cheka, the secret service
OF Russia
OF general merchandise there is but
little The shoes they have would make
YOU weep. And the Russian women
Ike pretty shoes more than anything
rlse in the world. l was stopped on
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

fed and was at the side Of his cot
when he revived.
Or. Hicks said that he remembered
taking small hypodermic injection
of morphine to relieve an illness from
which he had been an intermittent suf-
ferer. He was not used to the effects
Of the drug, but is sure he did not take
enough to cause complete coma. He
did not take q second injection. so far
as he could remember. and said he wa
unable to account for how he became
affected with what all the physicians
agreed was an overdose.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
bottles. trays, haberdashery, ETC.
In this manner the Russian govern
ment encourages trade

In the ninth article Of this series,
Which 1ciU appca, m The Tribune
tomorrow, Mr.. Dickinson describes
the constant hoW Of refugees across
the border, the w1ccosing f7tr m the
social order and the s'Decp Of dis
ease through Russm
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

The Consolidated Gas Company in it's annual report to
its stockholders, on January u, 1922, said
Prom time time during year, testimony taken
% 01r. the peS M sy Ne { fom%on 9 the dyisbjty seo
Of The State the Nation and tie candpowe
standard Of quality for and substituting therefor thermal
., e h1an s ID. position Of this Company question
the ee 9b vhn b T1 m opeTsne au? the h h
Sompany and its subsidiaries Do furnish to fur
@ 70 4hs5 & consumers gas Of such standard Of e2ndpowe
pgh ' c s 0ffI M Tepresen'ves M and that this COMPANY viii
quality prees So ons 50 ca"dsors ssfs e1 ga: gas G p n
1e 1o- This e4y BY statute Commission order he comPanx
will continue to furnish that quality Of and w expect
paid therefor commensurate
cn h Ja 1s5ads na : com:ns with the regulatory
BE authorized furnish gas the quality which
will render to them the efficient and economical service
TO adjust it's that end The Company executives and
engineers realize, Of course, that 2andle-
rover standard does not give the maximum results the
OF gas IN P1oForton to the price necetated BY the
making gas Of that standard They have
slfosse aonf s1f r % m 3eso or @ facts trGa which III based when
consumers" 's''"'''' @O'"0''"e' OF 0y representative
o2 by the Joint Conference Committee created bv the Com
mission the Companv's renresent.+,,es o{+ar , fL
their view that the ought have the benefit in
reduction Of such economies in manufac cturing cost
as are secured through change in Standard added
The COMPANY inability to on
n the recommendation Of block schedule upon
the adoption OF $50 British hemaunt standard does
to the small reduction in
he charge for consumed"
nat attitude has not been changed At the opening the
hearings instituted by the Commission notion to
ascertain whether change thermal standard would be in
the public interest," counsel for the Consolidated Gas
and Its affiliated companies said, February g. 1922:
We are here pursuant order of the AS
& heer Of the subject matters Of this inquiry there any petition
before this Commission from these companies-neither
cha 5ang in ssaGdd nor the Of
Our position few words is this We have past
and we shall IN the oGIe supply quality
q gzs which prescribed BY the public policy of the
whether that candlepower candle-power or
standard Of thermal
Il relying that upon the conpanes'
own tests We have recently published
the detailed by City Of New York with
each the Consolidated Companies and each one
OF heir plants period Of three years, and it
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
ADVERTISEMENT

recommended 53OBt standard for the City Philadelphia
saying:
operations ,5 dse sIoa sn se d es s
tent OF the is therefore the
Where gas for pfoaeins 90 aex nm3a5 um9ao
IN open-am burners and this wasteful method of securing
light:
$ Gs5:S:; SSsf
low heating value contain less hydrocarbons
sa3 b efficiently burned through wider zdustnsnf
and are therefore satisfactory general propotio1
under the VARYING conditions q supply use which must
neessarly exist in large ciy'
The United States Supreme Court on March s. 1922 said
as to gas supplied in the City of New York 1913 and 1919:
The cof e S quality had become important
Of The unted % st9ts q; B45sar Standards edition
and disinterested advice: e'N' NNpN''
ebtn5 ,rd was osna used almost exclusively for pen-ams
] ent prGdqeed in such burners the openlame candle
beating mane lighting, and applications Of gas con-
B R sea OF b as total n 4 and lin
gas that OF Importance the Only per cent of the
gas distributes in this open flame and in fact
probably not Of it used consider
ing only economy to the
aa AS a result s OF this change in conditions heating
the F Bs hsesd hs tss
luSt1catlon for the adoption cande-power regulations
hs Aeatngvaue standard should uPersede the candePovc7
requirement and the latter should be dropped
" In general 5 believed that the best value for
Poon VIII DC found between SIS and SIS B.
De shown that substantial result and that the
punhe WI receive good better because of greater
even lower than this ma be adopted" ~ N' ~
is not the expectation or desire Of the New York eas
companies to profit financially any change in standard
Although as good better service will be afforded to con-
e o gas furnished under thermal Standard savings
erected N manufacturing expense will be passed along to the
70 rn me interest OF the companies lies being permitted
~ ~ gas "heh VIII give to their patrons efficient
and dependable service for the money paid because onv
ogh good service that their business grow and
CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Geo B. Cortelyou,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10
appears that in the Of company plant no year
there violation falling below II candcpower

I'VE know the matter becomes PERTINENT that present
give 70 all consumers at east good service and
much better service at less nnufaetue than would
the result Of continuing obsolete standard but
wbsf ' bss sat'96 % a 5
City, is not matter to which take
The views above expressed as to the desablt Of chance
to modern standard have been sustained by every witness
training hrsthand knowledge of the experiencc Of other
otates and The expert public
pb naa so gwen o M from the point Of view Of the
the Commissions y
Charles Jenkins. Chief the Inspection Department of
man1 Masizehus hasa WHICH has had ss hemaun
Edx=1d Cheney recently Chief Gas Ensnecg g Of the New
S;is 5 81; @ .sss sGss % s::s 5ots: t:
B chef EasS Sesfs 1isp1 h pn N 3if Us G comm
SION" sion in New Jersey, which has had 5a5 Btu
Albert Phillips, formerly Bureau of Stand
Villa" Me Cas- nseee{ Of Of the the Ae Hsw Y a b
Commission.
This expert opinion is confined to regulatory authori
ties or company engineers Mr. A. s. B. Ltte Gas Engineer
OF the Illinois Commission until since then the prn
epa witness tor the City Of New York gas-rate cases. test
fed in a local Court
power 70 :t1sj,yS as r s%e95 that tn: this
s0"R:p does not 5s:"i ea1Ses me
% Is your judgment this candle-power standard S
wrong 2A s'12d45d; rs5a51,.
IL, " 10 you think it the the value
"a think it crime; that what think
- And adds generally to the cost Of mkng without
corresponding ADVANTAGES to the consumers?
"A Correct the get advantage out
o1 the gas at q candlepower
The Annual Report Of New York City Department of
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity for 1916 stated
Zig candle of is Of value only gas used
open tame burners unant; used for cooking
and heating, and for lighting with burners
uen OF the which enhance its lumina
burners and positive detriment producing Light
In accord with the testimony before the Commission ad
vsng standard not higher than $50 B. u, Mr. Milo R.
MatDe EMPLOYED BY the City Of New York and other municipal
ties as witness before the Commissions recently
New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

ADVERTISEMENT
The Ordway new era., 1922-06-30
ARE TO
HUSTLE FOR BUSINESS
(Contributed)

AT the last meeting of the Hustlers
class, of the Christian church, on
Monday night of this week, it was
decided to run a lunch stand, or in
other words an open air cafe, for
the benefit of the swimming pool, and
also for the benefit of those that do
not care to go without their dinners
on the Fourth. We will have a large
shady cool place with tables placed so
you can eat, rest and keep cool at
the same time. Lunch, consisting of
all kinds of sandwiches, coffee and
cold drinks will be served from early
morning until after midnight. We
guarantee to fill you up. If one
sandwich won't do it, get another and
son on until you become completely
filled up or full. Cracker Jack,
prize packages of candy, peanuts, pop
corn. chewing gum and smokes will
also be on sale by us. We are
here t o please you. Let us know
your wishes and you will be served.
In regard to the swimming pool, we
ere happy to inform the public that
it is going on nicely, and we are ready
to start cementing it in day or two.
The plans have been altered and the
size will be 50xS0 oval instead of
square. If you are interested in this
we will gladly accept contributions
from anyone.
Be sure and remember our lunch
stand on the Fourth in North park.
Look for our sign NJ. NJ.