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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15

That was the start OF an afternoon of
entertainment for j 90 guests of the COM
pany The Mendoza and the Santa
Maria, holder of the worlds record for
distance in the commercial flying boat
class. and five other planes made flights
carrying the guests for trips to the
Statue OF Liberty and return, until
dusk.
ing and took flights in the various sea-
planes were: Commander V. l.. Herb
stcr. U. S. N. representing Admiral W.
A. Moffett. Chief of Naval Aviation
Major A. N. Krogstad. L. S. Air Ser
vice; Commander Il. r. Mannix u. s..
N. and a number of staff officers;
Lieutenant Commander w. L. Moore of
the Bureau of Aeronautics: Col. Lau-
renee l.. r. briggs. New York National
Guard Air Service: Capt. Robert Curry,
Royal Flying Corps; Lieutenant Com
mander Marcos Ear of the Argentine
Naval Commission: Murray Hubert,
President of the Board of Aldermen. ana
Dock Commissioner John II. Delaney,
Mrs. Bowen Van Rensselaer,. Nine. Mar
guerita sylvia, Mrs. r. ]. Oakley Rhine
lander. Francis II. Markoe, and Felipe
Taboada, Cuban Consul General in New
York.
New York's first aerial lighthouse for
the guidance OF aviators will be lighted
tonight at the company's seaplane base,
College Point, and will be kept In ope--
alton throughout the summer under the
supervision of the United States Light
house Service.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET
AFTER GOING TO MASS
Employer of Dock Detectives
Lost Money Since War.

Thomas Stack, who during the war
employed between 100 and 500 detcc-
tlves for work along tho docks. COM
mitted suicide yesterday in his home
at $50 Tenth street. Brooklyn. accord
ing to tho police. lie had returned
home from a walk and passed his wife
Elizabeth. In the hall. lie went upstairs
and In little while she heard shot.
rushed upstairs and found her hus band
with revolver in his right hand \
surgeon from the Methodist Episcopal
Hos pitai pronounced him dead.
Mrs. stack told the police t;at hei'
husband. who was 50 years OF age. had
been IN poor health recently, and also
that he had lost money IN his business
since the war. She said he went to
mass at St. Saviours Rowan Catholic
Church. Eighth avenue and Sixth street
Brooklyn, and when he returned went
10 his room and shot himself.
He leaves four children.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
BANKER AND DANCER
UNDER CLOSE GUARD.
Special Precautions Ordered by
Washington in Case of Pair
Seized on Ship.

Efforts to learn more about the deten-
ton by immigration inspectors OF Fl.
Teixeira de Mattos, the Dutch banker,
and Mildred Collins. the danseuse, who
arrived on the steamship Ryndam Sat-
urday, came to naught yesterday be-
cause orders from Washington had
caused special guard to be placed over
the pair.
The banker, who is a member of the
Amsterdam firm Of Teixeira de Mattos
Bros, and who was said to to be here
to pay visit TO James and Edgar
Speyer is being held aboard the Ryn-
dam. SO is Miss Collins. whose passage
to America was paid by Mr.. Teixeira,
according to immigration officials.
At the Speyer house yesterday it was
said that James Speyer was out and
would not be home until late at night.
AT any rate, II was said. there would be
nothing to say concerning Mr.. Teixeira.
Both Mr.. Teixeira and Miss Collins spent
the greater part OF yesterday making
appeals to friends and acquaintance 10
help them to immediate freedom
At least twice Imposing motor cars
arrived at the Ryndams pier and the
visitors argued with the guards for the
privilege of seeing the detained banker.
The guards said that no one was ad-
mitted to the cabin Mr.. Teixeira occu-
pies.
1t was learned that a determined cf-
fort will be made in Washington Today
to bring about the release of the banker
and the danseuse. According 20 an i'm
migration official. however, special
commission will consider the facts at
Ellis Island and determine at once
whether Mr.. Teixeira may stay on this
side of the Atlantic or suffer deportation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
ASKS SING SING PRISON
TO COLLECT BOOZE BILL
Warden Decides Bill of En-
ployee Is Unpayabie.

OsstNING May 14.-That bootleg
ger had the audacity to try to collect a
bill for liquor through the offices Of
Warden Lewis l.. Lawes and David
Vail. Comptroller's clerk. of Sing Sing
Prison. from an employee who liked a
taste while off duty became known to-
day One OF the strictest rules for en-
ployees of the prison is that all bills
must be paid. One employee procured
$50 worth Of liquor from a bootlegger
and refused to pay. The bootlegger
turned over the II o US to the Warden
and Comptroller and asked that the
money be deducted from the employees
check. The officials. however, decided
that a bill for liquor illegally sold was
not collectable. The bootlegger is now
wondering how to get his money.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
BIRTH CONTROL CASE
BRINGS BAR CHARGES
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Dolphin Accused for Caus-
ing Arrest.

Michael NJ. Dolphin, Assistant Cor
poration Counsel, is to be charged be-
fore the Appellate Division on Friday
with a breach Of professional conduct
and ethics because of the arrest of Mrs.
Juliet Rublee of 242 East Forty-ninth
street at the time of the so-called in
vestigation by the police into the stop
ping Of the birth control meeting at
Town Hall last November. The charges,
which Will be in the form of petition
asking that Mr.. Dolphin be disciplined,
will be presented by the grievance COM
mittee or the Bar Association.
1t is understood that Mr. Dolphin.
who did not appear at hearings held
by the committee. will be on hand on
Friday to contest the petition and to
ask that the proceedings be dismissed.
Efforts were made yesterday to reach
Mr. Dolphin at his home, 400 West 1lSth
street, but he was not at home.
The investigation was held before
Chief Inspector Lahey on December 2.
Mrs. Rublce appeared as a witness. tell
ing of police interference with the meet
ing. MIR. Dolphin, as an Assistant Cor
poration Counsel assigned TO the Police
Department as legal adviser. was at the
hearing and ordered that Mrs. Rublee
be arrested. The actual arrest was
made by Patrolman Thomas J. Murphy.
No warrant was sworn OUT but In the
magistrates court where Mrs Rublee
was taken Mr.. Dolphin asserted that
she had confessed to the commission
of a crime and hence he had ordered
her arrest The magistrate discharged
Mrs Rublee for lack of evidence and be-
cause no legal reason for her detention
was advanced.
Those Interested in the affairs Of the
American Birth Control League were
much incensed over the arrest and tried
TO persuade Robert Nice. Marsh. counsel
for the league. to find some way TO OBJ
tain redress against Mr.. Dolphin. Mr..
Marsh; however. did not take the matter
up and the grievance committee OF the
Bar Association took action on its own
initiative after the case had been re-
ported in the new-spapers. Hearings
were held and Mr.. Dolphin was sum.
moned, but he did not appear. Mr..
Marsh was also summoned, but he made
no formal complaint.
The petition which has been prepared
by the committee asks the Appellate
Division. as the high court within the
district. to discipline Mr. Dolphin through
its control over him as an attorney and
an officer Of the court. 1t Is the con-
tention Of the petitioners that when Mr..
Dolphin ordered the arrest OF Mrs. Rub
lee without the issuance of warrant
and under the existing circumstances
he committed a serious breach of pro-
fessional ethics and conduct
Friday is regular motion day be-
fore the Appellate Division. The usual
course in such cases would be for the
court to refer the matter to a referee
for taking of testimony before action is
taken.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
WASHINGTON MUDDLED
ON DAYLIGHT SAVING
Part of the City Will Cheat
the Clock; Rest Will Not.
Special Dispatch TO THE NEw YosK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
| Ma.hincfnn. ID. C.. NAV Il.

The utmost confusion is expected to
accompany the institution hero to-mor-
row of a voluntary system OF daylight
saving along the lines observed in New
York and other Eastern cities. Half
of Washington will go to work an hour
earlier than usual, while the other half
maintains the old order. The clocks will
not be put forward.
All Government departments and inde-
pendent bureaus. with the exception OF
the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
and the Government Printing Office
will observe the rule of going to work
at o'clock in the morning instead of 2.
The quitting time consequently will be
$3.50 o'clock instead Of 4 go o'clock, as
at present.
Tho reason why the Government print
ing esta bllshnicnts are not observing the
now schedule. which was authorized by
President Harding. Is economy. The law
fixes tho amount OF pay OF the en-
ployees, increasing that for night work,
night time being computed from 8 o'clock
\. NJ. until o'clock \. NJ. With the
day forces now coins to work at s o'clock
an advance of ono hour In the schedule
would cost the Government about
100000 during the SUMMER.
Some OF the stores will observe the
early opening and closing. while others
will not. Much depends upon the char
actcr Of tho business
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
WRITES SHOOT ME-
AFTER UNPAID MEAL
Silent Seaman Also Signed Re-
guest for Cigarette.

Paul Levitt. 30. went to the Fire Fly
Tea Room at West Forty-scventh
street last night and silently ordered an
eighty cent meal by pointing out the
dishes he wanted. When walter
handed him a check he borrowed PEN
Gil and wrote on its reverse side:
GIVE me cigarette, and when am
not looking shoot me-"
The man refused to speak but con-
tinued-to write notes, in which he stated
he wanted to die because this place
doesn't suit me-" Patrolman Dunnigan
OF the West Forty-seventh street sta
ton was called In and had the man re-
moved to Bellevue Hospital for cbser-
walton. Papers found in the pockets OF
his clothing showed that he had been In
the army transport service as a seaman
on the steamship Cambria.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
BETTORS AT SEA GET
PIGEON RACE BY RADIO
Six Birds Arrive Safely From
Steamship Baltic.

Five O'Clock Saturday afternoon b.
Fl. Palmer. purser of the steamship
Baltic of the White Star Line, eastward
bound between the Fire Island lightship
and Nantucket Shoals, released six car
rier pigeons to prove TO passengers and
others that carrier pigeons still have
their uses despite radio development
Palmer is pigeon fancier and has
cote at 125 South Mum avenue. New
ark. where Christopher Mentz takes care
of the birds.
Several passengers raised pool OF
$500. picking individual birds to win.
The winner agreed to contribute part
to seamen's charities. As the bros
were released and circled above the ship
to get their bearings the passengers
cheered and the Whistles blew.
Three hours and ten minutes later
the first pigeon, a blue checker hen.
N-Ss15, settled down on the landing
stage of the cote. Within twenty min
utes four more of the birds landed. but
the last one did not arrive until 8
o'clock yesterday morning. radio
message was sent out last night from
the White star officec giving the num-
Ter of the winning pigeon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
UNITED SYNAGOGUE
GUARDS KOSHER SALES
Decides to Name Committees
to Enforce NeD LaD.

The United Synagogue o. America. at
it's fourth annual convention yesterday
In the Jewish Theological Seminary, o5t
West 1924 street. pledged support to
the Bowling Dickstein law. passed re-
Gently. which regulates its sale OF
kosher meats. Committees will be
formed TO supervise the sale OF kosher
food products and 20 end profiteering
In these commodities.
Ninety-four religious bodies we're rep
resented. Resolutions were adopted in
dorsing Palestine legislation in Con-
gress laws for religious activities
among Jewish Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts and urging High Holy Day SER
vices for Jewish children.
Officers elected we're: President. A..
4. Zinl<e vice-pres,dents. Mrs. Louis
Csottschall. Mrs. Marks Hu-ewitz, Arthur
Lamport. Dr. Norman salt. Morris
stern and Y. NJ. Wachman; treasurer.
Jacob Rosenthal; recording secretary,
Rabbi Samuel NJ. Cohen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
LIkENS u. S. TO CLASSIC
GREECE IN HER DECLINE
James M. Beck Says People
Lack Interest in Veritics.

WILLIAMSBURG. Va. May 14.--Com-
pairing the United States to-day to
classical Greece at the time of its decay
and declaring that il George Washington
were alive he would not receive as much
attention as Jack Dempsey. James NJ
Beck, Solicitor-General of the United
States. urged an awakening Of the edu-
Gated class as the only means of pre-
venting the destruction of the Constitu-
ton. in a lecture las: night on represen-
tative government at The College OF
William and Mary.
The people in craze for ;cvelty have
lost interest in eternal verities. the
Solicitor-General asserted, grossly I'M
dervaluing the things worth while and
overvaluing non-essentlais.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15

Plan Afoot for Recognition of
Major Romans Deed.

WASHINGTON. May 14.--Major Andrew
8. Rowan. u. $. A.. now living in retire
ment in Berkeley. Cal. may receive Of
Acial recognition for his famous exploit
Of the Spanish war. when he pene-
trated the lines OF the Spanish army In
Cuba and delivered to Gen. Garcia. conf
handing the Cuban forces In the Interior
an important message from President
Mckinley.
Some OF Major Rowan's friends. In
Guiding Senator Shortridge OF California.
believe the officer who performed tho ex-
plot with which almost every school
boy In the United States is now familiar.
Ia entitled to some sort OF tangible recog-
milton for his services. At their instance
the Board OF Awards of the Army is con-
sidcring the case and will report within
a few days.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
BROOKLYN MAN KILLED
BY MOTOR HITTING TREE
Companion on Long Trip Es-
capes With Bruises.

Special Dispatch 70 THE NEW YoEK Hysup.
STRoupsBuad. Pa. May Ian auto
mobile driven by Walter Lang of Brook
lyn. accompanied by c. p. Winfrey of
New Orleans, crashed into tree near
here to-day.
MIR. Lang's skull was fractured and a
leg broken. resulting in his death Just
after his arrival at Monroe County Hos
pital. whilo Mr.. Winfrey escaped With
bruises. They were on their way from
Baltimore to Toronto.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
CHARGES TORTURE
IN VENEZUELA JAIL
American Motor Promoter to
File Complaint of Injustice
at Washington.
FRIEND KILLED, HE SAYS
Reports Tt Not Uncommon for
Americans to Disappear
Mysteriously.

Asserting that he was unjustly i'm
prisoned and frequently tortured in
Venezuelan prison neart Caracas, the
capital. Gerardo Fernandez is going to
Washington tomorrow to file a COM
plant with the State Department. He
is stopping at the Hotel McA;pin and
speaks little English.
Fernandez maintains that the Injustice
and cruelty displayed to him are no un-
common thing in the case OF Ameri-
cans that incur the dislike or suspicion
of the Venezuelan authorities, and that
a lively hatred exists for North Ameri-
cans generally. He mentions an in
stance of an American who was killed
without compunction when he crossed
the wishes of the police. His name,
Fernandez says, was John Williams, and
his home WAS In Tucson, Ariz.
$4,000 and Motors Conc.
"T went to Venezuela. an American
citizen, to so into the automobile bust
ness" Fernandez said yesterday. THAT
was ten years ago. had $4,000, sew
eral cars. good clothing and jewelry.
They let me out of their San Carlos
prison the other day with nothing but
the rags I had on and n beard tina /
reached to my waist. / got out by
accident, the wrong name having been
attached to my number on the prison
records.
II had scarcely got to Caracas ten
years ago when I was arrested charged
with fomenting a revolution in the in
terest of Castro. I was absolutely in
nocent, not being interested in revolu-
tons. but in automobiles. and knowing
enough about Latin American politics
to keep out of it. They arrested me
anyway. refused to listen to my ex-
plantations, stole my s26.0O0. my auto.
mobiles, my clothes and my jcwelry
and, then began systematic torture to
make me confess matters l had never
dreamed of.
-Four months ago. after I had been
reduced in weight from $50 pounds TO
aS. and was so weak that / could not
drag myself more than a few steps with
out falling, they released me because
they had mistaken my name for that OF
n poor fellow named Fernando Calvo,
who Is still I'm prison. With my rags
and my weakness l went to the Ameri-
can Consul, who helped me and man
aged for me to get to Curacao. and then
to San Domingo. ] shall see the Spanish
Consul tomorrow and then go on to
Washington on Tuesday to see the Span
ish Minister and the American State
Department officials.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
BRooKLyN WOMAN FALLS DEAD

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, May 14.--Mrs.
Maude A. Spraguc, aged so. Of Brooklyn,
fell dead tonight in the undertaking
rooms of Henry II. Bishop. where she
was making arrangements for the flu
neral Of her sister, Mrs. G.. a. Mason,
who died here this morning.
Both bodies will be shipped to Roch-
ester. n. Y. for burial.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
CLIMBS PORCH TO KILL
HIMSELF AT HER FEET
Won,an's Two Children Wit.
ness Tragedy at DalOn.

ELMrEA, May 14.--George Miskula OF
Cleveland shot himself early to-day in
the home of Mrs. Jane Roster OF Corn
ing, n. Y. and fell dead at her feet.
The womans two children witnessed the
tragedy.
Misl<ula fell in love with Mrs. Roster
at Cleveland several weeks ago, but
his advances were spurned. she SAID,
because although they have separated,
She has not obtained a divorce from her
husband.
At dawn Miskula was seen climbing
the porch to Mrs. Rosters bedroom.
Neighbors, fearing burglary. called
the police. Miskula was dead. when they
arrived
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
FUSION INDEPENDENTS
TO FORM ORGANIZATION
First Meeting on Wednesday
at the Commodore.

Plans for \ permanent non-partisan
political organization TO take al active
interest "a municipal affairs tho year
round viii be discussed at a meeting
to be held at the Commodore on
Wednesday evening. II will be the out
come OF a dinner held by the indie
pendent forces led by Joseph NJ. rrice,
soon after the last municipal campaign
to discuss the causes OF the sweeping
defeat Of fusion.
The following committee will have
plan 10 present on Wednesday night:
Joseph NJ. Price. Mics Mary Garrett
Hay. Thomas +. Hickey, Samuel r.
Heyman. Mrs. Frank Keep. Miss sally
Peters and Almon q. Rasquin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
$50 Barrels of Whisky
to Be Auctioned Thursday

OSEPH II. QUBGG. receiver for
the bankrupt bonded ware
u house of La Brecque Com
pany, Inc. 900 Ogden street, New
ark, announced yesterday that I'M
der authority of the United States
District Court there is to be sold
at auction next Thursday 356 bar
rels of whisky and quantity of
assorted brands OF other liquors"
Many holders Of liquor permits
are expected to be present vixen
Samuel Van Poznak, auctioneer,
bangs his hammer and asks for
bids.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15

fine fellow, from Tuscon. Ariz.. who de-
Tended his manhood against insults and
who was killed without hesitancy. His
hands were chopped off as a preliminary
to putting him out OF the world. / know
OF another American who was murdered
In prison because he tried TO commune
cate with his Consul. II is a common
thing for Americans to disappear from
Venezuelan cities and never be heard of
again"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
CALDER RECEIVERS

Senator Calder. who returned to his
home In Brooklyn on Friday after Inc
had been taken i'll IN Washington. had
recovered yesterday according to Dr.
Elias w. BARLEY OF e5 South Portland
avenue. His ailment was not ptomaine
poisoning, but Indigestion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
FINLEY AND STOKES TO SPEAK.

DR.. John H. Finley of the New York
Times and formerly State Commissioner
of Education. will deliver the annual
commencement address at Carnegie In
sttute of Technology. Pittsburgh, on
June &c. Arson Phelps Stokes, for
merly secretary of Yale University will
preach the baccalaureate sermon there
on June IL.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
Men Buried Alive.

1.-THE Imprisonment OF American citi-
gems under false names, so as to hide
their identity. to bury them alive, Is
common in Venezuela. They hate YOU
americans down there and take little
trouble to conceal their sentiments.
II knew of case, John Williams, n
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-11
THE AMERICAN LEGION

Those still interested in the boys
who were in the service and who would
like to know that the boys are COM
Portable who are still in the hospi-
tails, will be glad to know the Auxil-
larry has been preparing its quota of
the sewing TO maintain these comforts
Last week few of the ladies met at
the home of Mrs. p. w. Creaser and
spent few hours in cutting out gar
ments for this purpose. These were
then distributed among the workers
for the making and it is hoped to get
the garments to the boys within a. few
days.
The Auxiliary assisted the Legion
in selling tickets for the play boy
Crazy" on which a percentage was
given to the Legion treasury, and
they in turn were assisted by the
school children, among whom Richard
Kuhn took the honor of selling the
greatest number of tickets.
A joint meeting Of the Auxiliary
and the Legion, with supper, was
to have been held Thursday night of
this week at the rooms in the City
Hall, but owing to the severe illness
of one of the members, that meeting
has been indefinitely postponed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-11
Iceland Ponies.

Iceland ponies run well in company.
Out of fifteen or twenty, one or two
will soon be recognized as the leaders,
and the rest will follow these; but no
amount of whipping will persuade
them to go even "a short distance sep
arately-a fact which the traveller
soon finds to be very inconvenient II
his pony does not happen to be lead
er, and he Is yet anxious 10 deviate
occasionally 10 examine objects of in
run except in company has gained the
Icelandic ponies character for stu
pidity In this country, where they are
seldom used except in the coal mines.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-11
With Our State
Contemporaries

For the last federal fiscal year,
Michigan contributed a total of
1908 to the income of
Uncle Sam-5.35 per cent of his to-
tai purse. We were exceeded in
our paternal helpfulness only by the
States Of Illinois, Massachusetts,
New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
During this same period, only 2.01
per cent of federal expenditures al
located to States was in and for
Michigan (pensions, roads, postal
service, public buildings, harbors, re-
clamation, rivers, etc.. Our share
was $33,77l, 5000. We were ex-
ceeded by California, Illinois, Massa-
chusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New
York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. We
led all the States Of the Union in
relative prodigalty. In other words
Michigan is an exceptionally good
asset for the federated States, in
terms Of dollars and cents. Under
these circumstances, it looks as
though we had the logic Of arithmetic
on our side when we ask the federal
Government to help connect us with
the Ocean via an improved St. Law
renee Waterway!
Carrying the balance sheet a bit
farther-Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota
particularly interested in this
waterway put into the federal Trea-
sury $1,230, 100000 last year and
took only 1886, 100000 in service.
Some of our other good sister States
which hesitate to approve the St.
Lawrence project may well pause and
ponder this arithmetic. Why irri-
tate generous relatives? And why
try to kill the goose that lays the
golden egg ?--Grand Rapids Herald.