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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
RUM WITHDRAWALS
! NEARL LOW RECORD
Only 1900 Gallons Last
Month Against 100000
in Midsummer.

Ralph A. Day. State Prohibition d.
rector. announced yesterday that only
1900 gallons Of liquor had been re-
leased through the New York office in
January. This figure. he said. with the
exception Of the low mark in Septem-
Der, 1921. when r. c. Yellowley stopped
practically all Withdrawals. is the
smallest for this Safe since enforce
ment Of the prohibition law began.
Mr.. Day declared the January fig
ures showed Q decrease of 80 per cent.
over those for December. adding that
the average Withdrawals for the months
of June and July. during the director
ship Of Harold; L., Hart. amounted to
about 10000 gallons each month.
Should the influenza and pneumonia
epidemic cali for tho release of more
alcohol and liquor, Mr. Day said. a
reasonable increase would be granted.
The director announced that AL
Thomas. retired detective, who was for
merly assigned to the District Attor-
ney's office, and has been for several
months a general prohibition agent at
tached to the New York saff. Is to be
chief permit inspector. He will have
under him large staff Of agents. with
General Agent LIE Carron In charge OF
the field. force and Agent Green in
charge Of the Investigation OF retailers
permits.
Mr.. Day announced that o. A. Grea-
ger. general agent who came here
with Yellowley, has been named chief
assistant to the director. He has been
acting in, that capacity some time. He
is not Assistant Director. the post made
vacant by Col. II. G. Catrow.
Lewis Jones. brother-in-law Of Deputy
Prohibition Commissioners Jones. has
been appointed executive head of the
various routine departments at head
quarters. 94.
Harold b. Dobbs. formerly IN charge
of the Brooklyn office, and at present a
general agent attached to the New York
staff, resigned yesterday. He has been
in the Government service ten years, and
before he entered the prohibition depart
mont was in the narcotic division of the
InternaI Revenue Bureau. He intends
tofieave the Federal service.
Two stills were located in house In
West Fifty-sixth street yesterday, by
Detective Fitzgerald, who arrested Jo-
scph Mayors, an unemployed laborer,
living on the second floor. and Herbert
Pierce, also an Unemployed laborer, on
the third floor. Before Magistrate Hat
ting. in the West Side Court, they said
they did not realize they were violating
the law by making drinks for their own
use: They were held for the Grand
Jury. .r.- - .....
II drink It as fast as make IT, said
Mayors. why, Judge. everybodys do
ing 1t. Anybody can buy a five gallon
still like mine in a department store
for $1.25..+ BE-
Tho tugboat Harbinger. with a con-
sigpment of 800 cases of Scotch whisky,
put into Perth Amboy for repairs yes
terday,.$ This is the boat that left a
Canadian port. supposedly for the, Ba-,
hamass and. was tratled by coast guard
cutters. She called at New York few
days ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
.CRIMELESS DECADE (
IN BLUEBEARD TOWN
Edward Teach's Carolina Rem
devious With 700 Population
Has O Clear Record.

QcRAcoKE, N. c.. Feb. 4.--Although
this little own about century and a
half ago was the rendezvous Of one of
the worlds most daring and famous
gangs Of crools--Edward Teach (Blue-
beard) and his bandit is to-day one
community which the recent crime wave
has not reached. There has not been an
arrest here in more than ten years and
the, crimes of robbery, burglary. theft
and murder are absolutely; unknown to
the population, in so far as they refer to
Ccracoke.
John OnsaI, after holding office as
Justice of the Peace of Ocracoke for
eight years, resigned year or more
ago, not having had a criminal case
during his administration. A successor
has never been elected. Mr.. Onsal, who
was born at Ocracoke. says the worst
crime he can recall to have occurred at
Ocracoke in fifty years was one Of as
sault and battery.
There are only one or two homes here
that have locks on the doors and the
keys to those that are thus equipped are
never used. Most OF the houses at Ocra-
coke were wholly or partially construct
ed with lumber of ships which were
wrecked on the treacherous shoals off
the North Carolina coast. Each family
here owns it's home.
OcracoSe Is at the extreme southern
end of little island of the same name.
located about thirty miles off the main
land Of North Carolina. and is unique
In many respects. Ocracoke Island,
which is part of Hyde county, North
Carolina, is little strip OF land about
eleven miles long and ranges in width
from half to one and half miles.
The popuIatior,of the island numbers
about 700, about $50. of whom live at
Ocracofe. Those.who do not live in the
little town are members Of the families
of coast suardsinen, who patrol the
coast.
AS there are no railroads.. automo-
biles,. street cars. or theaters where mo-
ton pictures are shown, many OF the
Inhabitants at Ocracoke have never seen
any of these things. With the cxcep-
ton Of the men employed by the United
States Government as coast guardsmen
and the few merchants in the little town
all Ocracokers make their living hunting
and fishing.
-, Every, person on OcracolSe Island is n
Methodist in religion. They are divided.
however, as to the sectional branch to-
which they belong. about half being
members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, while the others attend
the Northern Church.
= Ocracpkee is one, of the oldest settle,
pnente IN America The people are bel
jleved by many historians to be de-
scendants of the Lost Colony OF Sir
Walter. Raleigh s ~ ..sA.4
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
HAS CAMEL BEATEN "A MILE, !
VOLSTEAD ASSURES CRITIC
Can Go Ten Long Blistering Years Without Drink
or Even Fifteen When the Going Is Good,
He Tells Mrs. Oakley.

have always believed in prohibition. and
have supported IL on all occasions. and
for many years was actively interested
In and engaged as a prosecuting offi-
Ger in prosecuting liquor violations.
When the prohibition law was passed
the question of whether the agents be
appointed under civil service was care
fully considered. I became satisfied
that If civil service were adopted the
offices would be filled with vets that
we could not get rid of. My idea was
to make the Administration responsible
for the enforcement OF the law. That
cannot be done II the Civil Service COM
mission Is to select those who are to
function in its enforcement. AS such. I
am strongly opposed to civil service
as applied to the men who are directly
charged with the enforcement"
The last paragraph was In answer to
another phase of Mrs Oakley's address
in which she pointed out that the Anti
Saloon League and the w. G. T. u.
were opposed to putting agents under
the civil service regulations. :
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
KOLCHAK'S DIARY SAYS
HE EXPECTED WAR
Convinced of Its Necessity as
a Far Back as 1907.

Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALp.
COPYRIGHT, 1899. bv TIE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Feb. 4.
New light was thrown on the war
preparations Of Czarist Russia by the
Soviet Government recently when 1t pub
llshed the diary OF Admiral Kolchak.
One OF the most remarkable excerpts
from this diary says: aN
Already by 1907 we had become
firmly convinced OF the necessity for
great European war. Our General Staff
and Admiralty received instructions
whereby Germany was to figure In their
plans of operation as an enemy. wish
to emphasize the fact that we considered
that a world war was approaching
rapidly. We carried out all our prep
arations. and. therefore, the outbreak
OF the catastrophe in 1914 did not sur
prise us. We had calmly expected II
and may have erred only in regard 20
the date for its outbreak by few
months"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
WOMAN'S WASHTUB BAR
4 LOADED UP WITH GIN
Husbands Barber Shop Also
Raided by Police.

When Detective William Schubert Of
Inspector Keliy's staff was introduced
as IA good fellow" at the hone.o OF Mrs.
Josephine rGranfmhldi. a negress LA
South Washington street. jamaica, last
night. ne found in the kitchen an inn
proviscd bar made of washtub. from
which. the police say, gin was being
sold by the drink. A jug and several
bottles of gin were found concealed un-
der the washtub. and there were sew
eral customers In the place at the time,
the police say.
Other detectives working on the same
case went TO the barber shop around the
corner conducted by Mrs. Gramma1drs
husband, Michael. where. they. they
found fifteen bottles OF gin and alcohol.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Grammaldi we're ar
rested. charged with violation OF the
Mullan-Gage law, and later were adj
;nitted to bail
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
MORE FLU CASES,
/ DEATHS FALL OFF
Only Nine Fatalities Reported
to the Board of Health
Yesterday.

Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Commissioner
OF Health. in announcing yesterday a
slight Increase In influenza and pneu-
monia cases, but a decrease In fatalities,
said his attention had been called to a
scarlet fever alarm in Flushing. Queens.
Because OF the prevalence of the disease
and complaints made to the Health De-
partment. DR.. Copeland assigned eight
additional physicians and ten nurses to
augment the regular force there.
Influenza cases reported yesterday
were 1887, as compared with 1,122 FRI
day; pneumonia cases were 222. as
against 206 the day before. Deaths from
influenza were reported at nine. or six
less than Friday, while deaths from
pneumonia were So. a decrease OF IA I'M
der the figures Of the preceding day.
Since the first of the year. according
to DIR. Copeland. there have been 160
deaths from influenza and 1907 from,
pneumonia. AS proof OF the mildness OF
the present epidemic he. pointed to the
fact that there were SO influenza deaths
and 1.14S pneumonia deaths during the
corresponding period of last year. when
there was no epidemic.
"But even though the disease appears
to be of mild type" said the Commits
sioncr, every precaution of the depart
ffleHt must DC Carried out Al TIC uSpeIi =
ment will take no chances, and the pub
lie should take n similar attitude. l
don't look for any great increase In
either Of the diseases to-day ir'
The Commissioner said there had been
fifty-seven arrests yesterday for viola.
ton OF sanitary regulations by restau-
rant proprietors. twenty-six arrests for
smoking in subway stations. and seventy
for splitting on platforms and in cars.
Sfxty-one of the offenders were tried In
magistrates courts and made to pay
fines and costs.
In answer to numerous complaints OF
overventilation in subway trains Dr.
Copeland said he had advised passengers
to wear warm clothing and permit as
much afr in the cars as can be obtained.
This is far wiser, he said. than packing
men and women into foul cars.
The Commissioner said he had as
signed the additional workers to Flush
ing more to allay popular alarm there
than because lie thought the situation
dangerous He defended the depart
ment's methods of fighting scarlet fever
on the ground that they were in line
with the policy of modern science
Flushing newspapers and residents re-
Gently criticized the Health Department,
for failure to enforce strict quarantine.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
tULTED BY MILLIONAIRE,
GIRL TRIES SUICIDE
Says She Wants to Die, as She
Il Has No Friends.


Virginia venovens, aged 81, described
as a student. and who, the police were
told. had been Tilted by millionaire"
took a small quantity of. iodine last
night In her room at $40 West Eighty
sixth street. A maid saw the young
woman stagger into the hallway and
heard her exclaim. II want to die :"
The maid ran out and called Patrol
man Mcdonald and DR.. Martin OF
knickerbocker Hospital.
Tho doctor found the girl was not in
a serious condition. After being treated
she refused to so to the hospital. and
declared she had no friends and would
make another attempt to drink the pol
son. A young woman who said she was
the girls cousin made arrangements to
take the girl to a private hospital. The
cousin tosd Patrolman Mcdonald that
Miss Venovens had been In love with q
man worth S25.000,000. who lived in
Fifth avenue, but several months ago
his affection for her cooled. The girl
came here from Russia three years ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
GEORGE EDWARD DEWEY DIES.
Wine Merchant and Civil war
Veteran Reached rs.

George Edward Dewey. rs years old
vineyardist and wine merchant, died OF
PARALYSIS FRIDAY in his home. G5t Put
nam avenue, Brooklyn. Mr.. Dewey.
who was president of II. 4. Dewey a.
Sons Company of Fulton street, Man
haitian. was born In Fort Wayne, Ind,
and came to New York with his father
In 1857. lie served In the civil war, was
Commander OF John A. Dix Post.
q. A. r.. for ten years and a member
OF Acanthus Lodge. +. and A. NJ, the
Flag Association, Founders and
Patriots of America. Society Of the War
of 1912 and Sons of the Revolution.
Funeral services will be held in his
late home this afternoon at o'clock
by the Rev. Allison Ray Heaps, pastor
OF the Lewis Avenue Congregational
Church, OF which Mr.. Dewey was a
member. Mr.. Dewey leaves three sons,
George r. Dewey. Ralph G. Dewey ana
William IT. Dewey. all I'm business with
him I: also a daughter Mrs. Julia Dewey
Guilford.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
MRS. WHITTARD, 107,
ACTIVE UNTIL DEATH
Interested in Motors and Air.
planes After Passing Cen
fury Mark.

Mrs. Sarah whittard. who was 1o7
years old. died Friday morning. and
last night her grandchildren and great
grandchildren gathered at the home OF
her son Thomas. 400 East 13sth street,
The Bronx, for the funeral services. The
Rev. William Kephart Of the North Con-
gregational Church. In The Bronx. spoke
OF Mrs. Whittard's great activity OF
mind and body and of her creed. which
was work hard and live long"
Thomas is the only one of her three
children to survive her. He is II and
is still active in his work as a plas-
terer. A son, William, died at the age
or SO and a daughter, Jane. when she
was 10. Her husband, Thomas, died
about thirty-five years ago.
Mrs. Whittard was born in London on
March IL. 1915. about three. months be-
fore the battle OF Waterloo. She had
lived in Canada for many years and in
this country about thirty-five years.
When she was 9S she made a trip
alone to Toronto TO visit friends and
when she was 90 she gave a party and
invited her eight grandchildren and six
Sreat grandchildren
She danced FIVE dances on that occa.
sion She had never ridden in an auto
mobile and had not gone TO see a motion
picture show. but after her Tooth birth
Gay she began to take an Interest in air
planes and used to express a wash to
fly in one when she observed aircraft
passing overhead. Up to her 106th year
she had all OF her teeth and had no rec
objection OF ever having consulted den
fist.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
ARRESTS IN BURMA
CAUSE BITTERNESS
Craddock Tells of Nationalist
Leaders Hatred.

RANcooN. Jan. 29.-The arrest of five
Burma Nationalist leaders here just be-
fore the arrival of the Prince OF Wales
and their removal to northern Burma
for interment caused considerable ex-
element and intense bitterness among
the Burmese Nationalists.
Among those arrested were u. Chit
Hlaing, president of the General Council
OF Burmese Associations and ". Ba
HIaing. editor of Nep Bstrmd, one OF
the leading Nationalist newspapers pub
lished in Rangoon.
In setting forth the reasons for their
internment, Lieut.-Gov. Sir n. II. Grad
dock declared I'm an address before the
Burma Legislative Council. that there
was I'm Burma a small political clique
animated by race hatred and by a de-
sire 10 subvert the authority of the
Government and take the refns of power
into their own hands. These men. he
said, we're. using every means. fair
and foul, TO make the Princes visit a
failure.
Summing UP the political situation
I'm Burma, he declared that this clique
had first. a year ago, sought the same
constitutional reforms that had been
given to the provinces of India, but
that when they saw that this was
likely TO be granted, they had madc IL
clear that what they really wanted. OF
professed 10 want. was home rule out
side the British Empire.
Having captured the political ma
chine. he asserted. these men we're en-
deavoring to tyrannizc over tho people
of Burma by use OF the boycott.
'They are careful to Ray lip Worship
on every possible occasion 70 the So
called doctrine of non-violence," the
Lieutenant Governor said They are
far too solicltous OF their own safety
to indulge In any violence, but they
caro- nothing that their preachings and
must inevitably lead 70
the use OF violence by their dupes."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
BOXER REGAINS LOST
SENSES BY KNOCKOUT
British War Veteran NosD Can
Speak and Smell.

specia, Gable to 7rHE Nnw YoRy HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, o. TIE. NEW YoEx HERALD.
k9 A. New. York Herald Bureau. /
~ ~ Z. London. Fob. I. :
~ Ordinarily,swhen a boxer Is knocked
out he loses his senses. but John
Mitchell. formerly a soldier. regained the
use of two of his senses after being
.''flattened" In. a bout in Glasgow re-
. He was Wounded In the war. and
when discharged from the hospital to
which he was sent he was dumb and
without the sense of smell. He tried to
earn q living by boxing. The shock OF
n blow In the fight in Glasgow rendered
him Unconscious for ten minutes, but
whoa he recovered he astonished his
seconds by exclaiming: Who's win
ningy' He can now speak as we'll as
he ever could and also smell.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

Special Dispatch TO The NEW York HnaALD.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 4.-Representa-
tive A. J. volstead OF Minnesota, author
OF the prohibition act which bears his
name, has replied to an assertion by
Mrs. Imogen b. Oakley that he is am
phfbious." Mrs. Oakley accused him of
that at the first Monday conference on
January .. and Mr.. Volstead's reply was
made In a letter to Mrs. Joseph M. Gaz-
zam Of this city
Personally ] know nothing OF Mrs.
Oakley" Mr.. Volstead wrote, "and am
not able to account for her statement
contained in the clipping that she does
not find me, sufficiently dry. I have
never beenrin the habit OF using any
kind OF Intoxicating liquor as beverage
and for the last ten or Fifteen years
have not touched IL at all.
II do. not Assert that r have never
tasted liquor have always had a
suspicion that when a person asserted
he has never tasted any kind of liquor
his veracity was questionable. !
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
LESS FLU IN ENGLAND;
DEATHS TOTAL 10, 900

LONDON, Feb. 4.-Deaths In England
and Wales from the present epidemic of
influenza have totaled 1900. according
to figures issued to-day. The epidemic
Is considered to be on the decline.
While many new cases are reported
daily. most Of these arc diagnosed as
a mild form OF pneumonia, of which
only a small percentage is serious.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

Erlanger. Finch, Ford. Gavegan. Guy,
Lydon. McAvoy, McCook, Martin,
Mitchell. Mullen, OMalley, Patzek.
Wasservogel. Whitaker and Wagner;
Judge Otto A. Rosalsky. John II.
McCooey and Ferdinand Pecora s.
The POSTMASTER was Federal Judge
Edward l.. Garvin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

man Kodak Company OF Rochester.
N. r.. handed back to the War Depart
ment to-day s1s2.s7O as a refund to the
Government on wartime contracts. The
action was voluntary on the part OF the
company.
Representatives of the company. it
was said, asserted that II had made no
profit on fits contract.
After receipt OF the check Gen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
RUBBER STAMP LIQUOR
PERMITS ARE BARRED
Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HrRALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. O.. Feb. 4.

Prohibition directors were forbidden
to-day to use the rubber stamp in ap-
proving permits for the withdrawal of
whisky from bonded warehouses.
Commissioner Haynes issued an or
der to all prohibition officials Of the
different States, declaring that In cases
where Tower than 100 cases of liquor
are 10 be withdrawn. 1t may be per-
missible for tho director to designate
some assistant In his Office to sign per-
mits for him.
Haynes said he had traced a largo
volume of illicit liquor Withdrawals
through the use of the rubber stamp
among subordinates Of various directors
offices.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

rerahing wrote letter TO Mr.. Eastman
expressing his high appreciation OF lhis
Tine and patriotic action"
Such wholesome and generous atti-
tude might well DO expected during war
times" the letter read, but with the
lapse OF three years since the armistice
It is truly refreshing and inspiring TO
find such motives and high ideals ami
mating n large business organization In
its relations with the Government
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
EASTMAN REFUNDS
SIS2,z77 TO TREASURY
Head of Kodak Company
Acts Voluntarily.

WASHINGTON, Feb. accompanied
by Senator Wadsworth of New York.
George Eastman. president of the East
The New York herald., 1922-12-27
FOREIGN PORTS.
IBy Mall.I

HALIFAX. Dec 2i--Arrived str Ceuta
CBr), sydney (after discharginE loads for
United Kingdom).
Sailed 21st, strs Dominion Miller (Br) 4.
London: 22d. Chignecto (Bp, Bermuda. Bar
In port 22d. str Arwyco CBr). for Kinsale.
for orders 10 sail 23d).
In port 2fst. schr A g Barteaux tBr), for
New York tto leave next week Just received
new bowsprit. foretopmast and jibboomi.
HAVANA Dec 16--Arrived. schr Admiral
Beatty (Br). Tampa: i7th strs San Zotico
o3r) Tampico. ieth Alfonso XIII (Sp) !.
Vera cruz, 2ist, Troilehoim (Nop, Balti-
more: Aim (NorD. do, Trompenborg CDutchl.
Philadelphia q A Knudsen fNorl. Norfolk;
schrs Florence tnrl, Nassau. Burkoland,
sailed 18TH. str opland tNor). Santiago:
18th. schr Esther Adelaide. Jacksonville. /.
2Oih. strs San Zotico (Bri. Tampico: 2ist.
Bclchers CBD. Vera Cruz; Bryssei tDan) i.
JAMAICA. pec .2i--saiied, str Ansalus!a
(Sw), IIallfax.
LONDON. Dec f6-saied. s'r Nasconia
Cnr). Boston and Portland
LUNENBURG. Ms. Dec 20-in port. schr
plctonian (Bi). for Barbados.
John. Hazel I. Myra OBr). 81 Johns Nj tto
load for Brazin.
PORT SAN LUIS. Cal. Dec 17-salled. str
stockton. Manila.
ST JOHN. m. Dec in--Arrived, strs Maple
dawn CBrl. st Johns. NJ; 22d, L'Orient
fFor), st Nazaire $50 reportedl parkhaven
Dutch. Boston. 23d Ba,sford tBrl. Lon
don.
sailed ois,. str Manchester Regiment CBr),
Halifax 22d schr whiteway CBr). from
Alma for Salem 23d. strs Montciare (Br) /,
Iiverpool. Blackhenth (Ilrl, ---