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The New York herald., 1922-02-14
PUNCH THE CLOCK RULE
ENFORCED IN QUEENS
Borough Employees Appeal
in Vain to Politicians.

All employees of Queens Borough. re-
gardless of political standing or out
side" influence, are now required 10
punch a time clock on arriving q. and
leaving their places of employment-thai
is, If one is below the rank of Commits
sioner. This is provided for in an order
issued by Benjamin Marvin, Public
Works Commissioner, who recently
served as Borough President in the abb
sence of President Connolly.
The Borough President himself d.
rec.ed the installation of time clock In
Borough Hall several years ago. but the
practice of punching 1t was neglected
more and more. and finally was all but
completely dropped During the recent
absence of President Connolly Commis-
sioner Marvin took it upon himself to
make all employees punch the clock. and
they are punching It,
The action of the Commissioner re-
suited in much dissatisfaction among
employees of the borough. Some OF
them carried their complaints to political
leaders. but they are still punching.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
VETERANS OF 3 WARS
SWELL WILSON FUND
TWo West Virginia NeUsboys
Send IS Cents Each.

Former soldiers of the civil, Spanish
American and world wars were among
those who sent subscriptions to head
quarters OF the Woodrow Wilson Fcun-
dation, $50 Nassau street, yesterday
From the Zeb Vance Post. United Con-
federate Veterans. of North Carolina a
contribution OF $40 was received. An
other donation--saved from the allow
ance the Government gives them for
maintenance-came from disabled world
war veterans In the Government hospi-
tai in Kenilworth, ". c.
Two West Virginia newsboys sent o5
cents each. Women of Houston, Tex,
are endeavoring to reach their quota by
having every woman's club in the city
report 100 per cent subscription from
it's membership. Harold Bolster and
Charles Philip Coleman each gave 500,
and a man who slgred himself "a Dis
abled Veteran of the World War" sent
81. saying II was the first Of five
monthly payments of like size
Contributions are received In $50 Mas
sau street, 126 East Fifty-ninth street
and at the office of Mark Eisner Man
haitian chairman, at II East Forty-sec-
ond street
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
FIREMEN RESCUE SEVEN
AT A BROOKLYN FIRE
Mother and Four Children
Escape DoUn a Ladder.

seven persons were rescued yesterday
from fire which started In the hallway
OF three story brick dwelling at 65S
Dean street. Brooklyn. cutting off the
escape of three families in the house
Mildred Higgins, IA, discovered the
blaze and called her father, who climbed
rear fire escape to the second floor
to aid his daughter in gathering their
belongings.
The screams of Mrs. George Irving
who, with her four children, lived on
the third floor. were heard by James
Black 10. of $50 Vanderbilt avenue, who
turned in an alarm and then ran ur
stairs through the smoke and flame
filled hallway He tried to batter down
the door leading to Mrs. Irving's apart
ment and in doing so was severely
burned about the face and hands
When Hook and Ladder Company No
los arrived the men placed ladder
against the building down which the
seven persons were conducted to safety
Mrs. Irving and Black were attended
by DR.. Swetlow Of the Jewish Hospital
the woman for shock
Mrs Mary Vassi, i'll from influenza.
was carried out of her room in the
apartment house at II East 108th street
yesterday afternoon by her brother
Frank Liggio, when fire started in the
basement of the building Patrolman
Corcoran of the East 104th street sta
tion helped her four children to the
street by the fire escape. The fire dam
aged the two top floors, causing about
$4,000 damage.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
BOY CALLS FIREMEN
TO HELP WIN FIGHT
His Parents Outfought in
Street Row, so Abraham
Summons Reserves.
HE is SAVED FROM JAIL
Coney Island Rent Case Leads
to Blows Between Own
ers and Tenants.

Hyman Locker and his wife. Esther,
live in house at 2S45 West Twentieth
street. Coney Island. owned by Mrs.
Rose Moskowitz, and they have never
had much use for their landlady. Since
last week, when Mrs. Moskowitz had
them in the Fifth District Municipal
Court and won a rent case from them,
they have had no use for her whatso-
ever
SO when the Lockers. out last night
to fake the air in Twentieth street, met
the Moskowitz family, consisting Of Mrs
Moskowitz. her husband. Morris. who is
junk dealer. and their son Abraham,
there were words.
The words grew in numbers, in in
tensity and in deep seated meanings.
In a few minutes they led to blows
Blows led to hair pullngs and kickings
and bitings and one thing and another.
and the battle proceeded for some time
to the accompaniment of hearty cheers
from crowd of small boys who ran
up and watched with interest. Several
of them, in fact, became SO interested
that they tried to pick a fight with
Abraham. who is 13. but Abraham stuck
close to his family, his duties consisting
in skirmishing around the outskirts and
pointing out flaws in the Locker strategy.
While Abraham seemed to md f1aws
and from time to time called to his
mamma and papa bits Of advice having
for their purpose the utter destruction
OF the Lockers, Mr.. Moskowitz didn't
find the going so good. He wearied and
gave ground, and he called loudly on
his son.
"Abraham.' he cried Able! Get
some cops!"
Abraham scooted down Twentieth
street to Mermaid avenue, but finding
no cops he did what seemed to him the
next best thing. He turned In a fire
alarm an dthen returned to the battle
ground. which by this time was entirely
surrounded by interested sightscers.
Presently there were clangings and roar
ings and three fire companies dashed p
and numbered their hose and went
hunting for the fire. Then around the
corner came the patrol wagon loaded
with reserves from the Coney Island
police station.
Abraham told the firemen he had sum-
moned them because he feared his par
ents weren't winning the fight, and the
firemen went back to their fire house In
disgust.
The first policemen off the patrol
wagon were Patrolmen Casey and Foarn.
and the first thing they did was to stop
the fight between the Lockers and the
Moskowitzes. They arrested the two
families, all but Abraham. and locked
them UP, charged with disorderly con-
HnCf
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
ROBBED SAME STORE
100 TIMES, HE ADMITS
Jefferson Valleys Odd Burg
lar Caught in Florida.

Samuel Ackerman. SIS years old, who
confessed last summer to having robbed
the store of Weston Barrett in Jefferson
Valley, N. Y. more than 100 times in
three years, has been arrested In ST.
Cloud. Fla. lie was freed at Jefferson
Valley on his promise to leave town.
He was discovered to be the burglar
who visited Barrett's store so frequently
when a watchman was left on guard
one Sunday. Ackerman let himself into
the place with a duplicate key every Sun
day afternoon while the Barrett family
was out motoring. He took only few
small articles each time, and for long
time Mr.. Barrett did not take the trouble
to report the thefts.
Deputy Shcriffs Donnelly and Murphy
of Yonkers left yesterday TO bring Ack-
erman back. an indictment having beer.
returned against him at Jefferson Valley.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
COURT HAS FIRST CLEAN
DOCKET IN 100 YEARS
Essex Market Averages Some
600 Cases Daily.

Essex Market court. said to be the
Oldest magisterial tribunal in the United
States. had clean docket yesterday for
the first time in it's history. The court
at Second avenue and Second street
usually disposes of between GOO and zoe
cases day. Magistrate H. Stanley Re-
maud was on hand to convene at the
usual hour for holidays, but only he and
the court attendants and attaches were
there
Essex Market court is known to be
more than hundred years old. accord
ing to Isaac Rise, clerk, who spent
some time yesterday tracing its records.
1t formerly was located at Essex and
Ludlow streets
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
MISSING PELHAM GIRL
SOUGHT BY BOY SCOUTS
No Trace of Constance Huls-
mann, Gone Since Thursday.

The polce have not been able 10 find
any trace OF Constance IIulsmann, t6
who disappeared last Thursday from her
home. 1853 VOLTS lane, Pelham Heights
Her brother. DR.. Frederick Hulsmann
Jr., went to Lake Mahopac Sunday night
TO see " she might have gone there.
Relatives there had not seen her.
Boy Scouts of the Pelham district are
aiding in the search. sending parties
through tho woods near the town They
have also sent descriptions Of the girl Ia
other Boy Scout posts and have as'.ed
that she he searched for.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
SAYS $500 TERRIER JUST
FOLLOWED HIM AROUND
But HostIer Is Accused OF
Stealing Animal.

Sixty-sixth street was locked UP In the
West sixty-eighth street station last
night, charged with stealing an Irish
terrier. owned by Miss Ruth Wooster OF
Scymore. Conn. and valued at $500
Miss Wooster brought her dog to New
York last Saturday for the exhibition Of
the Irish Terrier Club Of America in the
io4th Regiment Armory. Broadway and
Sixty-eighth street. and the dog dIsap-
peared last Saturday night. Yesterday
Detective Lawless said he saw Grossi
leaving the armory with the dog. Grossi
said he had found the animal and IL was
Just following him around.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
BROUGHT BACK FROM BOSTON
Hobbs Said to Have shot n.y.
stardcr In Fight with Police.

George Washington Hobbs. a negro.
OF 235 East 127th street. was brought 10
New York from Boston last night and
locked up on a homicide charge In the
East 125th street police station. Hobbs
is accused of killing George Doles, a
negro. of 231 East i27th street. on July
10. 1919.
Doles was shot while watching Hobbs
fight a pistol battle with policemen
after he had tried to shoot up a rcstau-
rant at 23i9 Third avenue.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
rAnry COMMITTEES To ELECT.

Tho Republican Committee OF One
Hundred Will meet this afternoon az Z
o'clock at the house of Mrs. Samuel u
Kaufman. East Sixty-sixth street
After the regular monthly meeting the
Committee will hold Its second annual
gathering and election Of officers. Gov
Miller and Arthur Woods, who is a
member Of the committee, have been in
vlted TO speak. Mrs. Mary VIatcs VIII
lard. chairman OF the ccnfNttce, will
preside. #Ft
The New York herald., 1922-02-14
FALLS DEAD IN RESTAURANT.

John r. Lacy IS. Of 113s Fiftieth
street. Brooklyn a post office clerk en-
rloycd at the foreign branch station.
Morton and West streets. died suddenly
In n restaurant ut 1913 West Nineteenth
street yesterday. DR.. Cornell of New
York Hospital who responded 70 an
ambulance call, said death was due to
natural causes. Lacy entered the Gov
trnment service February 10. 1921.
The New York herald., 1922-02-14

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The New York herald., 1922-02-14
This AMPICO
may be played

in any home served by
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Or, turn to your part
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The New York herald., 1922-02-14


ERNO DOHNANYI
MAURICE DUMESNIL
MELVILLE ELLIS
GERALDINE FARRAR
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
MARK HAMBOURG
VICTOR HERBERT
DUCE DE KEREKJARTO
FRITZ KREISLER
ETHEL LEGINSKA
MISCHA LEvITZKI
ARTHUR LOESSER
GUY MAIER
ALFRED MIROVITCH
BENNO MOISEIWITSCH
FRANCES NASH
ELY NEY
LEO ORNSTEIN
LEE PATTISON
MISHEL PIASTRO
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
GITZ RICE
ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN
GERMAINE SCHN1TZER
HENRY SOUVAINE
AL STERLING
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARGUERITE VOLAvY
PETE WENDLING
ELEANOR WINOGRADOFF
VICTOR WITTGENSTBIN
MANA YUCCA
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Grin ANSWERS Question
"Weren't You Afruid?"

Weren't you afraid?" Miss Mac
Gregor was asked. And her pretty face
broke into a grin.
mot much-you see. had n letter
from the Governor of Peru" 1t was
the effective manner, again. of modestly
evading any conversation over the
question of courage.
The canoe carried them through the
territory of the Iquitos, who are known
especially to desire white women. The
chiefs kidnap them and they disappear
forever.
Their method is not known" ex-
platncd Miss MacGregor. "One hears
Of their activities only by rumor. II
may. be That party in which there is
q white woman approaches the hurdur-
land. Suddenly the woman dISanprars.
No one gees her again. And a long
while later rumor filters through 10
the frontiers that some Iquitos were
seen wearing n bit OF garment known
to have belonged to the kidnapped
woman.
These rumors that come down TO
the cities come so OBVIOUSLY and so
terribly. One can never understand
how any sort of message can penetrate
the jungleland. But they do, and with
n speed that tantalizes. Some Of the
women are killed: others are sold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-31

Of all sizes. When they were wide and
deep we rode the swimming mules over.
When they were small we waded them.
Once we walked under a waterfall. The
trail led that way and we had to follow
It. The water dashed over us, and if it
were possible to be soaking wet more
than we already were it was only a
waterfall like that which could possibly
make us so.
"These streams were full of croco-
diles and alligators. Afraid? No, not
so much. Because I found out that
these ferocious- looking things are really
more likely to run away than attack
you. We simply had to take the
chance. Guns are no protection. If
you can hit a crocodile in the eye. you
only irritate him-and you cant kill
him by trying to shoot through his thick
hide-bullets won't pierce it,
The party took canoe for two days
on the Pichis River. The canoe was
dugout. native boat roughly hewn out
of tree trunk. Three semi civilized
natives-which means they had acquired
modesty and wore nm abbreviated kind
of clothes-paddled the canoe.
Miss MacGregor's party met more
of the Indians during this stage of the
trip. In no case did they seem un-
friendly. The muleteer- interpreter ar
ranged that. He pointed out to the In
dians that these were good white peo-
ple." and the natives who dared ap-
proach them gazed at them in open
mouthed wonder.
For many this was the first white
woman they had seen. For many of
them Miss MacGregor represented an
especially desirable kind Of jewel, which
they ached to seize and hide away in the
unfathomable deeps of their wilderness.
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threw up his hands in dispair; the Gov.
ernor Of Peru, quite resigned, gave her
letter Of introduction, in which he
had little faith, to whomever It might
concern. And then both Of them secuted
about for suitable guide for this stub
born young lady.
And they finally rounded up a guide.
HE was disinherited English
Lords son or something like that" said
Miss MacGregor. He'd been trying
to lose his identity for the last thirteen
years in the tropics. He gave me his
name-I don't know whether he was
lying or mott may have been the
wrong name. But I called him 'Buf-
falo Bill for short.
1.-THE Consul and the Governor as.
surcd me that he was trustworthy, and
he was. It took five weeks waiting
in Lima to find ME that guide-but 1t
was worth the waiting"
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Besides Buffalo Bill and Miss Mac
Gregor, the party included mules for
each. one muleteer mounted. one afoot
and seven pack animals.
"You come to depend great deal on
the mules" Miss MacGregor explained.
''Your life is really at your mules
mercy. My own I grew to feel deal
Of affection for. I called him Pleiades
because he was such a strange collec-
ton Of things. He had one ear shorter
than the other he had an unwarranted
combination of resourcefulness. cour-
age, stupidity. cowardice. awkwardness
and grace that was altogether appalling.
''But they are extraordinary beasts,
mules are. They cling to the sides of
sheer cliffs like flies on the ceiling; they
slide down descents that make you
dizzy-you shut your eyes and open
them when you come to level again. And
it Is worth your life to look over the
far side of your mules-because then
you look into depths unimagined.
"Once Pleiades and I fell off one of
these narrow trails. Don't misunder-
stand me. If such a trail is two feet
wide it seems like broad pavement.
More than likely 1t is less than foot
wide.
This one we fell off was about foot
wide. OF course. we moved along in
single file. The lead mule-there is al.
ways a lead mule which is supposed to
have better judgment than the other
mules-seemed to be going along nicely,
although we noticed evidences Of a re.
cent avalanche. But when we came to
turn the lead mule walked straight into
the avalanche, which had pared off the
straight edge OF his trail. He backed
up suddenly and unexpectedly. and
backed into the next mule. which backed
into Pleiades. And Pleiades was pushed
off the trail.
I'VE went into the air. Pleiades and
I did. Buffalo Bill said we made three
complete turns before we hit soft part
of the debris of the avalanche. And !
must say it was soft. looked sight.
and I wasn't hurt a bit. And we fell
thirty feet.
with difficulty I climbed up the
thirty feet back to the trail again. We
had to pull poor Pleiades up with
ropes"
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we were not saturated. The jungle Just
oozes water, and the tangled under.
brush slnshes 1t about one until one
really must get used to tor be more
than miserable
The first day. Miss MacGresor and
her party Travelled by train. a standard
gauge train run by an American. The
second day the party got into a Ford
car.
THE road was only wide enough for
a small car" said Miss MacGregor,
'and it was a one way thorous shfare.
Two cars couldn't have passed each
other without throwing one down over
the cliff to the bottom thousands of
feet below.
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After the guide was obtained, and her
friends partially satisfied, Miss Mac
Gregor was beset with advice about
what she should take with her. "Wea-
pons" seemed 10 be the main article.
They wanted her to carry along a
small arsenal. But she decided that
her guide and the muleteers might carry
gun or so II they wanted, but shc
would only carry a camera and the po.
liceman's whistle. Hands were again
thrown up In small kind Of incredulity
and horroS N
~ Travelled very lightly" explained
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Mule Pack Made Good
Time DESPITE Handicaps

For seven days the party rode their
mules. They made twenty to forty kilo-
meters day. On the trail they camped
when and where they could. Sometimes
they stopped at tambo-a kind of
hotel-which progressive natives have
erected for just such wayfarers. These
hotels consist of few poles for walls
and thick grass roof.
I'VE used to pat up our cots, cover
them and ourselves with muskatcras-
that's a sort Of nettinS-and sleep till
morning. Often enough we had to camp
wherever we happened to be.
Perhaps the most wearing portion of
the trip was centered In the mud.
THE earth there Is red clay, and
the constant rain and the dew soaked
into that red clay till it got soupy. We
soon were coated with mud; it got into
our ears, our eyes-litcrally we ate
mud. The mules would plow through it
slowly. lifting with grave delberation
first one foot. then the other. They
sank to their chests often enough. and
the muscular energy, expended In sink
ing in and then pulling out their tired
legs is inconceivable.
Besides that. hardly ever was the
trail clear of underbrush. The vegeta
tion grows so quickly and so densely
that IL was necessary for our muleteers
to cut our way through with machetes-
long knife used by the Indians for that
purpose.
1--WE never saw many of the natives
but we knew they watched US constantly.
And that's an uncanny fact about that
country the underbrush, silent as death
sometimes. sometimes wild with the
shrieks Of brilliant colored birds, is full
of brilliant, spying eyes. The naked
natives peered through the thcknesses 8
at US, and we could only sense them
It's the sort of thing that tests your
nerves
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Indian Chiefs Hare
Real Jungle Haren,s

THE natives are not homogeneous.
The chief may have harem with from
three to eight wives, And It is quite
a triumph for him If he can add a
white woman 10 his household"
Although the lquiros. Mss Mac
Gregor said. never troubled her, II
was in the country Of the Iqu!tos that
jaguar did.
And today one Of her trophies is that
jaguar's skin.
The day she met ,he jaeuar she had
wandered away from her party. This
time a rifle was added TO her rolir.
whistle as her armament. She wiIs cut
hunting, and crawling througu the un-
derbrush spotted tiger.
TIGER or jaguar-whatcver you NAV
call it," she said. And suddenly saw
standing in front Of me Il native. Ho
Just seemed TO pop up in front of me-
In that mysterious way they have. And
! say that he had just been having n
Silling himself; On the ground lay a
dead tiger, and close bv were two cub,
--tumbling about as II nothing had hap.
pened at all. When the Indian caught
slght or me ht just up and fed
thought the dead tiger WAS the
mother tiger and hcgan 10 play with
the cubs. And while ! WINS knot king
them about-and they enjoyed it the
mother stalkcd through the brush. She
stood at the edge OF the clearing and
tixcd me with her eyes. was terribly
frightened. There wasn't any time 70
spare l grabbed my rife and fired. !
killed her"
At iquitos, Miss MacGrcgor had
Just about completed her trip across
the Andes. Iquitos used to be the head.
quarters for the rubber industry. Now
!! is said TO deal only in the vast white
slave trade.
The natives are rather an un.
GrsuaHy GGss,.ny LOCKING .ThaSy i9f' said Miss MAG;
look-worn, peaked and thin. Home
Of them wear clothes--especislls those
Wig hsve come In touch h the
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Too Dangerous, Was
Warning of U. S. Consul

W0TnIng or u. >. Consul
But the American consul In Lima was
averse to her making the trip.
1T means death to woman" he
explained. "It's bad enough for man.
Tho country is heavy with fevers and
full Of tigers"-that's what they call
the jaguars there-"and wild men who
seize white women and wive them or
sell them.
Besides that" he continued, "the
trail simply bristles with danger; IN
some places It's. only a foot wide; in
some places the mule has to slip down
an angle of 45 degrees, and IL the beast
slips too much, he falls, thousands of
feet to inevitable death. You can't
possibly make that trip!'
And the Governor Of Peru said the
same thing.
"Who's going to be your guide?" was
his contribution. "Who can you trust
for that important Job? The Indians
are just as likely to hand you over to
the women selling lquitos--or do worse
themselves"
But Miss MacGregor had made up
her mind to that trip. and nothing
could change 1t. The American consul
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Miss MacGregor. II had a saddle bag
filled with a few necessities. l wore
army trousers and an army shirt and n
broad -brimmed hat. We did not carry
tents. but Buffalo Bill and l each had
ANAL cots, and netting to so over them
to keep out the poisonous insects.
1T was supposed to be the dry sea-
son of the year. But the supposition
was entirely unfounded. II was the
wettest Of wet seasons. II It wasn't
raining, the dew fell almost 40 thickly
as the rain-and there wasn't moment
on the keysntesn,dax trim during, which